I serve a King. Fortunately my King is not like the kings of today (how few there are left) or the kings of Medieval Europe that are told about in fables or studied in history. No. My King is a Creator, a Father, a Ruler. He Created the World. He is Father to everything that is in it. And He Rules perfectly over all of it. He is sovereign, above all, in all, sustainer of all.
Because I serve this King, I am called to something higher, ... something bigger than me, this life, this world. I am called to the purposes of the King. This means that all I have is actually His and I get to use it because He has allowed me to. That means that nothing I ever do, nothing I have or will have, nothing in this life He has so blessed me with is of any value, except for my relationship with the King.
My King is good. He knows what is best for me and though I may not see it now or understand it, His goodness given to me will always be better than any other shiny imitation that might draw my attention for awhile, but ultimately not deliver the goodness that is only His to give.
So the real question is, whom do you serve? We are all tied to something; money, food, power, sex, etc. But whom will you serve?
If you serve the same King that I serve, then what are you willing to loose for the sake of His greater purposes? From my experience, and that of some fellow servants of this King, I am confident is saying that there is no way to know what will happen. Sometimes the King will ask you to loose that thing you cherish, sometimes He won't and just wants to know that you are willing to loose it. There is no way to know which time this is, but I can be assured of one thing. My King, the King that is calling out to you and I to loose something, He is good and He is sovereign and He loving. He will take care of you whether or not you actual loose that thing He asks of you. Trust and offer, that is all we can do. The King does the rest.
What will you loose to His greater purpose?
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