........................................................................................................................................................
humbly bowing to the
Lordship of Jesus Christ
Missey Butler
CBN.com -- Long ago when God created the heavens,
He very masterfully designed the universe with precise order and perfect
centeredness.
Surpassing the great minds of philosophers and
scientist alike, our Divine architect rolled out the blueprints of His Kingdom onto
the drafting table of Heaven for all the world to see.
From the beginning of time, men have thought the
earth was flat, and the planets were wandering stars.
It wasn’t until 340 B.C. that Aristotle first
introduced the concept that there was order in the universe.
He saw the sun and the stars as lights in the
canopy of the heavens that move around the earth.
For 1600 years, man has struggled to make sense
out of the times and seasons.
Then, about 400 years ago a fellow by the name
of Copernicus discovered that the sun is the center of our solar system.
As this knowledge increased, it gave a certain
stability and predictability to all the events on the earth that are controlled
by the perfect order of the heavens.
Likewise, if a person does not have the right
center, his life will be out of order and out of orbit.
There are people who have their job, business or
money as the center of their life.
There are others who have their husband, wife,
or children as the center of their life.
Some have amusements and pleasures. Others have
their church, pastor or even their ministry as the center of their life.
Then, all it takes is for their center to be
shaken, and their whole world falls apart.
Their orbit becomes erratic, worlds collide, and
destruction overtakes them.
They may lose their jobs, their business may go
under, their spouse may leave them, their children get into drugs and crime, or
they are tragically killed in an accident.
As their lives quickly begin to spin out of
orbit, emotionally, physically, and spiritually, they begin to fall apart, go
haywire, and slowly self-destruct.
Did you know that inside the center of every
human being sits an invisible throne? There is a seat reserved for one person,
and one person alone.
The problem we often encounter is that we give
the wrong person permission to sit on that throne.
We lower the royal scepter and grant ourselves
permission to live any way we choose, without being subject to the very King of
Kings Himself, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our only hope is found in the resurrected,
ascended, exalted Christ; the One in whom we must allow to triumphantly ascend
to the throne of our hearts.
When this inner coronation takes place, and King Jesus becomes our center, then nothing that comes our way will ever cause us to
spin out of orbit again.
We gladly discover a new world order, an abiding
peace.
Then, we can confidently declare with a loud
voice… Long live the King.
Isaiah 6:1 says, "I
saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe
filled the temple.”
Missey Butler is a freelance writer and contributor to CBN.com.
No comments:
Post a Comment