Behold Your King!

James Tissot Brooklyn Museum

Today is Christ is King day, according to many church calendars. It is the last Sunday before Advent (Coming of Christ) starts to bring in the Christmas season. All of this week it is my hope to honor Jesus as Christ the King by posting verses speaking of who He is as our King... yours and mine.

Today's readings of Christ the King are: Matthew 21:5, Zechariah 9:9,

"Tell the daughter of Zion,
'Behold, your King is coming to you,
Lowly, and sitting on a donkey...'"
Matt. 21:5 NKJ

When Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday He rode on a little foal of a donkey. The crowds were cheering and waving palm branches. Many of them were wondering if this was the coming of God's chosen one. On that day, He fulfilled this prophecy of the coming Messiah:

"Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, Your King is coming to you;
He is just and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on a donkey..."
Zechariah 9:9 NKJ

It was such a time of great rejoicing! God's chosen one finally came in to the city of David, the city of the Great king. Look at Him in your heart, through the eyes of these people; He was righteous, and just. In their eyes He was coming to make things right and end the injustice they lived every day under with the occupation of the Roman Empire. But that is not how it was to be. We will talk more on that later. For now, just consider, God's chosen One did not come high and mighty on a majestic horse, but He came in humility on a little donkey, lowly and approachable to us. Let His words speak to your heart:

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest... 

for I am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls."  

Matthew 11:28, 29 NIV/KJV

Are you weary and burdened? Come to Him. Come to His gentle and lowly heart. Rest your  heart in His. You will find rest for your soul.

Behold, Your King is coming to you!