Kings and Queens

 

She was the Queen.   That is what her  name tag told me as she checked me out at a local  convenience store.    One of the things I try to do as I encounter people who take my order… check me out at the store… and the like is to acknowledge them.   Most of the time, I will mention their name when I speak to them.    They are more than a server or a cashier;  they are a person.    As she told me the sum of my total purchase, I said to her:   “So, are you queen of this place?”     She replied,  “No, Queen is my real name.   When I was young, some of the kids would make fun of it and I would fight them about it.”   I told her:   “Why, that sounds like a strong name.”    She smiled as she listened to my reply and took the money for my purchase.  

As I went on my way out of the store and got in my car, I thought about royalty and queens.   I thought about the days when our children were young and our daughters would dress up like queens or princesses.   Yet, I also thought about a passage of scripture from I Peter 2: 9-10 where we read these words:

⁹ But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. ¹⁰ Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.     I Peter 2: 9-10

 For the follower of Christ Jesus, Jesus Christ is the King of Kings, Lord of Lords.   If we are followers of Christ and baptized in His name, that means that you and I are royalty too.  In other words, you and I are kings and queens, princes and princesses.    We might not have   a name like my friend “Queen”, but we have royalty in our legacy because we are a part of the body of Christ.    

If you are like me, there are times when life is hard and tough.     When life is hard and you are feeling down, remember that you are a child of the King of Kings, Lord of Lords.  You are a part of the royal family because you are in Christ and Christ is in you.   Have a blessed day!-   Pastor Randy Wall

PRAYER --  O God,   I celebrate today that royal blood goes through my veins because I am a follower of  the King of Kings, Christ Jesus.   Help me to open my heart more fully to allow Him to live in me;   through Christ our Lord.     Amen.