Good Morning Friends,
“The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in
it, the world, and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and
established it upon the waters. … Lift up your heads, O you gates; be lifted
up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty
in battle. … The Lord Almighty – he is the King of glory.” (Psalm 24:1, 7-8,
10)
By what right does God have to demand our
allegiance?
He has the right of creation. “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in
it.” There is nothing and no one in this
world that God did not bring into being.
Everything and everyone owes its very existence, its life, to Him.
He has the right of strength. There is no one who can stand against the
Lord. There is no one who can outwit
Him. There is no one that can out-muscle
Him. There is no one that can out-quick
Him. The Lord has right to our
allegiance because there is no one who can overcome Him.
He has the right of accomplishment. He is, “The Lord mighty in battle.” The accomplishments of the Lord go back
thousands of years and in every generation there are amazing accomplishments
that are attributable to Him. In fact,
they are more than amazing, they are supernatural and miraculous.
He has the right of glory. “He is the King of glory.” Angels bow down to Him. There is no power in heaven or on earth that
will not eventually acknowledge allegiance to Him.
By right of creation, by right of strength,
by right of accomplishment, and by right of glory, the Lord deserves to be
served. We owe our allegiance to
Him. And there’s an even more
significant reason … by right of love!
In Jesus, God has demonstrated His love toward us. He doesn’t just demand our allegiance; He
woos us with His love!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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