monarch’s rule.
03 Oct 2011 9 Comments
in encouragement for the journey, life abundant.
i wrote this post after our one-word for the day for the just write! campaign was ‘peace’ a few weeks ago. looks like our experiment worked for me! xo
a long time ago, big myra prayed that i would know jesus as my ‘prince of peace’.
we have been spoken much this summer about him, the prince of peace.
but i’ll be honest with you? the idea is too much for me to wrap my mind around. (maybe because it’s not actually an idea. just, you know…saying.)
how…what…who…how does that work? how does this prince of peace…what does that mean exactly? (what can i say, i’m a visual learner.)
6 For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 His government and its peace will never end. He will rule with fairness and justice from the throne of his ancestor David for all eternity. The passionate commitment of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will make this happen!
merriam-webster defines a prince as a monarch, or the ruler of a principality or state.
mon·arch noun \ˈmä-nərk, -ˌnärk\
a prince indicates he is a male member of a royal family. he is a brother and a son.
a prince is also a man, and a gentleman at that. courteous, kind, cordial and gracious. strong. confident in his authority, commands respect by virtue of his position.
peace noun \ˈpēs\
7 His government and its peace will never end.
so it stands to reason that the son of god is the prince of peace and the constituents of his kingdom are to live in a state of tranquility, freedom, security, harmony, without hostility.
forever.
and ever and ever.
i am starting to get it now.
are you?
is the prince of peace ruling your life today?
and are you an agent of peace in the land?
let’s dig deep on this one.
{my earnest & simple prayer for each of us today is that we would allow the prince of peace to rule and reign over our lives.}
love you.
Oct 03, 2011 @ 01:35:12
Well, honestly, right now I’m not sure if the Prince of Peace is ruling my life right now. Mostly because I havent been giving Him the time that He deserves. I read my little devotional book everyday, but it’s not sinking in and I’m not really paying attention to Him.
My relationship with Him just feels fake. And I’m not sure how to get out. I’m stuck.
Oct 03, 2011 @ 05:28:35
Wow, Tay-Tay.
I understand that feeling. Myself, I have often wondered when it would be found I’m a fraud.
I think it’s a tool of the Enemy of Our Soul (you know, the one who hates us so much?) To deceive us in that way. To make us feel like what we’re doing isn’t good enough for God, that we’re not spending enough time with Him or in the right way, so He’s withholding from us.
And it’s just not true.
Let me assure you, Tay-Tay. While there are always ways we can spice things up in any relationship in order to know a person better or more, your relationship with Jesus is anything but fake. (I don’t think it would take anyone whose met you around these parts before any amount of time to know that about you.)
Perhaps you’re stagnant or have hit a plateau – and either place is an ok place to be for a little while. It’s not a wrong place to be and God is still in those places, showing you. (Sometimes we just have to look a little bit harder.)
There’s grace for this space, too, Tay-Tay. He loves you no less here.
My prayer is that God would tell you, show you, they way to your own heart right now.
Love you, Tay-Tay.
xo
Oct 03, 2011 @ 09:12:35
He becomes my monarch more and more each day. Amen.
This is so good. Thank you.
Steph
Oct 03, 2011 @ 18:04:51
and Amen.
heading over, saw your linkback this am.
xo
Oct 03, 2011 @ 10:45:45
Yes.
And I am in the middle of a storm not of my own making.
So last night He reminded me, showed me really a picture, we are in the middle of the ocean in a tiny rowboat, He and I…and He is rowing. Thank you, Jesus.
And so I know again that His peace, and the way it governs me, will have no end. And that this peace is in His presence and is perfect security that has absolutely nothing to do with my circumstances – the “circle I currently stand in” and His peace does not guarantee my safety or happiness or lack of drama or attack. It just permeates my being.
And I am called, as we all are, to be governed by this, His peace, and once we are, then to expand His Kingdom by governing WITH His peace over all we are given charge of. Because if it ends with us simply getting out of the pain of lack of peace, we have missed the point.
Oct 03, 2011 @ 18:12:24
okay, time for some butterknife time because i don’t know if i know this storm you are in if it’s new.
and i can think of no other person…maybe one, my friend robin…who characterizes peace like you do. even with the wild things, you (and your home) are filled with the peace of god.
but, yes. all that you said is true. that peace would permeate even in the midst of all else and we would seek to govern with peace over our own land.
love you.
xo
Oct 03, 2011 @ 22:56:41
Peace…I’m feeling peace after a trip to the beach this weekend. Waves crashing but peace that He rules the raging sea. I’m not ready to leave Korea, and both of my parents just lost their jobs, but there is peace knowing He is reigning over all the circumstances.