Secure or Not

DEVOTION

PROVERBS

SECURE OR NOT

Prov 29:14

14 If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will always be secure.

NIV

The king or royal is a rare community in our modern age. Surely during the time of Solomon there were many kings and this may have been directed at earthy kingdoms and how the ruler handled the lives of his subjects. Today there may be a few kings or queens left as in the case of the royals in England, but they are not truly the single governing monarch nor do they judge the people. Even dictators are not the single judge of the people under their rule, as kings were in days of old. So then what bearing can this have on us, what truth is there for our lives? We live in a country that is a republic, electing those who represent us in a somewhat self-form of government. It would then be us judging ourselves in a sense, as the president with the approval of congress appoint judges. So how do we see this truth as it relates to a king always having his throne secure because he judges the poor with fairness? We could consider God as the only true king as he is the King of kings, the Lord of lords. We might be able see that if a person feels God has mistreated him, judged his actions too harshly, he might dethrone God from his heart. It might be possible that a persons who professes to believe in God, having him be the supreme king of his heart, get mad at God because of what he thinks is unfair treatment, and remove God from his heart, turning away. But the person who knows God is supreme, that has submitted the rule of his heart to God, and knows that God’s judgement is always right, that God knows the best for his life, will acknowledge the secure throne of God in his heart. Sometimes certain unfortunate events happen in life that are not an unfair judgment of God, but merely a consequence of a bad choice by us. Yet even in those times we need always to know that God is just, he is always fair, his judgements are pure and true, and he is always there to guide us back to the right path, the right choices. We only have to remember Adam. He made the worst choice of a life-time and paid the penalty. But God did not judge him unfairly for he told him the consequence before he made the choice. Even when God does judge, he judges only after he has made it clear what his judgment will be if we do not follow his commands. That is not the law as some would think, for Adam did not have the law, only one command. We are no longer subject to that law either, but only have one, well actually two commands, but still are really one.

Matt 22:37-40

37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'   38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'   40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." 

NIV

Make God the supreme king in our hearts, all of our being subject to him, his throne must be secure in our heart for we bow to his sovereignty. His love rules within us and therefore his love lives through us into the lives of others around us. The question is; if we are not acting out of love toward others, have we dethroned God from our heart. Is his throne secure or not? Do we get bent out of shape when something does not go our way, get angry, even with God? Is his throne secure or not? Do we tend to be more self-centered than God-centered in our choices in life? Is his throne secure or not?