Our God The King

Today we are going to consider royalty.
How do we treat and respond to those who are royal?

Most people respond with a sense of awe when they come across royalty. A friend of ours recently saw the Queen in her car. So, we got told us the story, if someone saw me in a car I doubt there’d be much to tell, yet, it was the Queen, so we all listened intently to this close encounter. How cool that our friend got to see the Queen, even if only for a few moments, she smiled, didn’t wave or speak, but to see her go passed was enough to tell a good tale. Onlookers were, naturally,  excited and photo-happy, wouldn’t you be if you saw a monarch?! This was only a passing encounter, but think about if one of us were invited to meet a monarch! Wow! Wouldn’t that be something?! I’m sure there would be great excitement and great preparation going on; What to wear? What to say? How would to travel? Along with many other considerations It’d be an important occasion, probably a once in a lifetime opportunity.
How would you feel? I’d feel excited, bit scared and especially honoured. That’s natural, isn’t it? meeting the leader of a country, a crowned King or Queen,  an internationally renowned and respected public figure, what a significant occasion, what a privilege.

The thing is, we get the opportunity, and the invitation to meet with a King daily.

What do I mean? Well, people often refer to God as King.
He is far more important and powerful than any of these earthly monarchs that we have been talking about. To them we impart so much awe and respect - do we do the same for Our God the King? The One who is in fact the King of all of them?

It is this King, Our God King, who invites us each and every day to spend time with Him. We don’t need a special invitation, to dress in a particular way or go somewhere significant to meet with Him, we can, but we don’t have to.  Our God the King doesn’t expect us to approach Him in a particular manner, He invites us just as we are, and he’ll even come to us - Isn’t that awesome?!

So, if we do consider our great God a King, shouldn’t we attribute something of the awe and respect we give our earthly monarchs to Him also? If we are invited into the presence of The King each day, should our hearts bear a sense of preparedness? Should we acknowledge His awesome presence and power? And possible feel a bit scared and excited about meeting with Him?
I ask this as I know that I take for granted that I can access God whenever I want. I can pray to Him and read abut Him whenever I like, and I can approach Him in quite a relaxed manner. I am not saying that this is wrong, but sometimes, do you think we should be overawed by whose presence we are entering into? Should we we, before approaching our King, recall His awesomeness? His majesty? His glory and power?
If you and I do that, even for a few moments before we pray - how would that effect our prayer life?



The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all.
Psalm 103:19

For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.
Psalm 47:2

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honour and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 1:17