On Saturday we drove to Kampala and all along the way banners were being raised and towers were being erected to celebrate that the king is coming. He will just be traveling from his palace in Kampala driving around his kingdom. Some Ugandan managers at GSF told the missionaries that technically everything in the Baganda kingdom belongs to the king, the land and even the people.
As we drove past one of these welcome stations a man was collecting money for the king. So the children asked me, is he our king? I said that I didn't think so since we are not Ugandan. Elijah responded, "But we do have a King."
I started thinking of the parallels. Everything in God's Kingdom belongs to Him. Psalm 19 says, "The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world and all who live in it." We are also told to be ready for when our King comes. We are not told to build towers and banners and collect money for our King. But we are told to be ready. “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. (Matthew 25:13 NIV) In that chapter Jesus tells some parables about how we ought to be ready. The only way to be ready for the return of the King of Kings is to trust in Jesus and be clothed with His righteousness. Do not wait! We do not know the day or the hour. Put your faith in Him today. And live for building His Kingdom, for His Glory, caring for the needs of those around you. The King is coming!
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ (Matthew 25:31-40 NIV)
The King is coming!
That is exactly what our family devotions was about this morning! How fun that your kids get an earthly glimpse of what it means to be citizens of Heaven and awaiting the arrival of our King. :)
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