God’s Word says in Psalm 93:1-2 NASB:
1 The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty;
The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength;
Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
2 Your throne is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.
When we are born again, we are born into the kingdom of God. In that very moment, we are granted citizenship in the realm of the King of Kings! As subjects of the King, we are called to bestow honor and majesty and glory and reverence to Him. As subjects of the most high King, we are welcomed into the royal family as joint-heirs with Christ…called to rule and reign with Him…called to be vessels of and conduits of His love to the world around us. We are called to be ambassadors of the King of Kings! How do we do that? How do we crown Him King in our lives so that others might see and desire what we have?
God has called us to be as a Body – worshipers – and what He has called us to do – crown Jesus Christ a King of our lives! We crown Him King every time we serve another human being in His name…every time we minister His love to another in His name…every time we worship Him with the way we live our lives in such a way as to bring glory and honor and focus to our King!
[Hebrews 2:7-9 NASB] 7 "YOU HAVE MADE HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, AND HAVE APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS; 8 YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET." For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him. 9 But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, [namely,] Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
Whether we see it or not…Jesus is still on the throne! Even when it seems and feels like the world is literally falling apart all around us, Jesus us still seated on the throne, ruling and reigning and causing all things to work together for our good and for His glory! How do I know this?
This is what God’s Word says in Psalm 22:3 NASB:
3 Yet You are holy,
O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
We crown Him every time we exalt and worship Him whether in corporate gatherings or in our times of private worship. Crowning Jesus as King of Kings in our lives is an attitude…and attitude of worship! Are you living with an attitude of worship? Do you actively walk relationally with Jesus in worship? Then God in still on the throne - regardless of what the world around us is doing! He is enthroned upon our hearts…He sits down in power on the thrones we give Him in our hearts as we worship Him.
Is your life in chaos and in need of God’s rule and reign? Worship Jesus! Is your life in upheaval and full of uncertainty? Worship Jesus! Don’t know what the next step is? Worship Jesus! He is enthroned on - inhabits - the praises of His people. Bring the rule and reign of Christ into your own realm - your own heart - today and crown Him with honor and glory…and watch His peace and comfort permeate your entire life.
1 Peter 2:9-10 NASB says 9 But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR [God's] OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY.
Let us crown Him King in our lives by simply walking and living like we believe we are citizens of His realm and ambassadors of His love to the world around us. In other words, live life with an attitude of worship that testifies to the fact that Jesus Christ rules and reigns! We can all do that - regardless of our circumstances.
Dennis Jernigan
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Crown Him
WORDS & MUSIC
Dennis Jernigan
December 16, 1995
Verse
There is only One Who will never leave you
There is only One who can really redeem
There is only One God who is a Savior
There is only One who can make a heart clean
There is only One who shines through the darkness
Only One risen to reign!
There is only One who has crushed sin’s hardness
Jesus is His name!
Chorus
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Jesus Christ is King!
Reigning in power!
Reigning in glory!
Reign in majesty!
Crown Him! Crown Him!
Jesus Christ is King!
Reigning in power!
Reigning in glory!
Reign in me! Reign in me!
Reign in me!
Verse
There is only One Who could be so holy
There is only One Who can set a heart free
There is only One Who can really know me
There is only One Who can make the blind see
There is only One that I bow down to
Holy and Righteous is He
There is only One Who bore the cross, shed His blood
He is King of Kings!