YOU'RE ROYALTY

"We were descended from royalty." - Natalie Wood

Wood's statement couldn't have been any truer than it already is, for those who realize in actual fact that they have been called indeed into royalty, to dine with the King, of all other kings.

Nicky Gumbel narrates this experience. One day, I received a message that the Queen of England had invited me to lunch. At first I thought it was a practical joke. But it wasn't. I turned up at Buckingham Palace on my bicycle, which an amused policeman looked after for me. I sat next to the Queen as we ate some amazing food. Then she turned and
began to talk to me as the 'Parfait de Rhubarbe et Chocolat Blanc' arrived. It looked delicious. But I did not want to talk with my mouth full - nor did I want to seem rude by cutting into it while the Queen was speaking to me. Eventually she asked me whether I did not like the food. 'No, no, no', I said, 'I love it' (as I quickly began to eat). I did not say it to her, but the real reason I had not eaten
was that I was overwhelmed by the privilege of being invited to lunch with the Queen of England.

Unknown to many of us Christians this is the same way we have been invited, called up or upgraded by God - through Christ's death, His resurrection and our acceptance of His call - into royalty: to dine, wine and live with Him. When we begin to understand this fact, we will stop being overwhelmed at certain privileges, and become expectant of certain other privileges that are RIGHTFULLY our due. Jesus didn't die for you to be average...YOU'RE ROYALTY!

Let us pray: Father, thank you for adopting me into royalty, in Jesus name.

WISDOM NUGGET: Isaiah 62:3
"You shall...be a crown of glory In the hand of the Lord...a royal diadem In the hand of your God." - NKJV