Here is your King!

Then he told the Jews, “Here is your king!”

They shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!”

Pilate said to them, “Should I crucify your king?”

“We have no king but Caesar!” the chief priests answered. (John 19:14-15)

Probably one of the great ironies of history is a Roman governor proclaiming to the chief priests that Jesus was their King and them shouting back that they had no king but Caesar.

Ultimately, that is the sin of this world.

God proclaims, “My Son is your rightful King.”

But the world shouts, “No. We have no king but _________!”

Most times, that blank is filled with “ourselves.”

How about you?

How does it make you feel to hear, “My Son is your rightful King. King of your life. King of your relationships. King of your finances. King of everything”?

Is your first reaction “Yes!”?

Or is it “No way!”?

Is your reaction joy?

Or is it fear?

A lot of it will depend on how you see your King.

Do you see him as a good King who loves you and knows and desires your best?

Or do you have serious doubts about him?

How do you see your King?