king.

For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
-Isaiah 9:6-7-

He was always meant to be the king. He will always be the king. But we are a tangible people. And, so Israel begged for a king that they could touch and smell and see. And God obliged, but not without warning and disappointment. But, a king came. And over and over again, kings would take over the throne of Israel. And it was harder to touch them, smell them, see them. Because they stayed in their palaces. They grew in wealth and in power. They sentenced sons and husbands to die for their greed. They subjected the chosen of the Lord to oppressive taxes and boundaries. But they were kings.

Then, after centuries, another King came. He didn't really look or smell or feel like the kings of the past. Because he had a gentleness they'd never seen before. He didn't demand anything to fill his palace. He didn't even have a palace. He just traveled around. And loved. He really, really loved. In a way a king had never done. He loved so deeply and fully that it terrified them. And so they had him removed. And removing him became the Great Rescue.

We were never meant for any king but him. We were meant to live and breathe under the love and mercy of the Great Rescue King.

And now we are thousands of years on the other side. And we serve all kinds of kings. We serve governments and presidents and corporations We serve greedy bosses. We serve dollars. We serve things that will not last forever. Things that will end. The dollar will disappear. So will America. And Walmart. They are not forever things.

We were never meant for any king but him. Because a son was given as a great rescue plan for our hearts and our souls and our lonely and our darkness. And the increase of His government and his peace will not end. Ever. And, ...he's good. He's the king I tell you. (C.S. Lewis, Chronicle of Narnia)


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