Jesus the King and Burger King
We are inundated with many images of kings, think: Lion King, King Kong, Elvis the King, even Don King (thank God he is not Manny Pacquiao's promoter).
Add King Arthur and his domain Camelot, an image so romantic, John F. Kennedy fancied the White House after the king's enclave.
Wrong Images
This brings me to yet another king, Burger King that is. I'm sure you have gone to a fast food restaurant and saw the enticing picture of a hamburger like the one above. But when your order arrived it looked like the one below.
That's what happened to the Jews when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem.They were expecting a king like David and Solomon, men who were glorious in terms of courage, wisdom, stature, popularity and influence.
What came instead was a humble King riding a donkey, a King who would allow Himself to be humiliated in the very city of their great kings, a King who would suffer the most humiliating way to die, a crucifixion. As such they rejected Him.
And just like the wrong hamburger that arrived, we can end up rejecting or replacing our King with what we perceive to be more powerful, more pompous and has better potential.
A King's Power
Picture the power of the sun, perpetually burning in the skies. Energy so strong its light travels a distance of over 100 million kilometers to brighten and bring life to our earth.
One second of light emitted by the sun is more energy that all that mankind has produced since time began. And all that energy is but a fraction of the immensity of the strength and power of our King.
Similarly, when you put together all the power all the people, things and institutions that we have looked upon as kings, they pale in comparison to our great KIng.
But unlike the finite kings of this world, despite all His power, our King demonstrated His love instead of His strength, His mercy instead of His judgment, His grace and favor instead of His wrath.
Receive Your King
We have a choice. Reject, replace, or receive our King for who He truly is.
"Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God ‚- John 1:12
The promise is if we receive Him for who He truly is, we not only become subjects of the King but we become His children. That makes us heirs who embody the life and ways of our Father, the King.
Have a great Holy Week. Remember, you are the child of the King.
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