No Ordinary King

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” Luke 1:32-33

Kings, dictators, presidents, emperors, czars, pharaohs: these are just a few of the names we have given the rulers of our world. There seems to always be a pecking order. And there seems to always be someone in charge that requires our submission. We have always had to yield to a person of superior force and to the will of his or her authority.

The problems come when we disagree with the decisions of our authority. They may have had the best or worst of motives but all of the leaders past and present have led from a human flawed perspective. Even those that historians call the best of the world’s leaders have made mistakes. Some of them have had consequences that changed the course of history. Those that have been called the worst of the world’s leaders have devastated populations and economies. The good news is these leaders were short lived when compared to all of history’s timeline. Their kingdom came to an end. Some were handed down for several generations but even they came to an end.

But when an angel appeared to a young woman he told her some very exciting news about a world leader. He would be called the Son of the Most High and He is still called this today and will continue to be called this. He will continue the reign of the house of King David and the house of Jacob. He will continue to fulfill all of the promises God gave to these men in His eternal kingdom. His kingdom will never end.

Now this could be a bad thing for us if this eternal king was human. There would be mistakes here and there. There would be things that we may not want to submit too. There would be bad decisions that would carry consequences for eternity.

But this king is no ordinary king.

This King is Jesus.

This King will always make decisions for His people that will be for their eternal best.

This King will protect His people against any catastrophe.

This King will keep His promises.

This King will keep peace forever.

This King will uphold justice and righteousness always.

This King will reign wisely and lovingly and do what is just and right in all the land.

This King will be highly exalted by God.

This is no ordinary king.

This is my King.

This King is Jesus!