"God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To Him be honor and might forever. Amen" (1 Timothy 6:15,16). "Great and marvelous are Your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages" (Revelation 15:3).

NASCAR is tremendously popular here in the US. Each weekend from February through November these automobile races are held all over the country with hundreds of thousands attending and millions more watch on television. This last weekend the race was up in New England and a reader shared an interesting perspective.

He had gone to the race with his son and was walking back through the parking lot following the race when he noticed quite a commotion. A crowd had gathered and he heard exclamations, "The King, it's the King!" He went over to see what was going on and sure enough there was Richard Petty, "The king of stock car racing" in a pickup, talking with fans and taking pictures.

The reader observed in his email to me, I have a real hard time thinking of him simply as "The King". We both know there is only one true "KING".  I sure expect that was also a great teaching moment with his son.

The two daily Scriptures proclaim the only King worthy of glory and praise. These designations distinguish God from all others with the designation king. He is "the King of kings" and "King of the ages."  Here on earth there have been many kings. The designation is first found in the Bible in Genesis 14. In some countries the term is used today. And it is used for celebrities as well.

But there is only one true King and as God's redeemed we are in this King's kingdom. One glorious day we will all gather as a great multitude in heaven and we will shout in praise to our King, "Hallelujah! For our Lord God Almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him glory!"

It must be so exciting for NASCAR fans to gather around celebrities like Richard Petty. But right now every one of us has the incomparably greater opportunity to approach the throne of grace to our heavenly King. Today I walked through the recently harvested cornfield across from my house and worshiped this King of Kings!

I'm a child of the King, a child of the King!
With Jesus my Savior, I'm a child of the King!


Be encouraged today,


Stephen C. Weber

Brooksyne's prayer – "Jesus, You are the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords.  I pledge my allegiance to You and desire to bring You glory, honor and praise through my thoughts, my words and my actions today.  Keep the message from the song, "There is none like You" as the melody of my heart today.  No one else can touch my heart like You do.  I could search through all eternity and find there is none like You!  And You are enough!"

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