Dethroned!

What makes us desire power?  The strange illusion of control keeps us expending precious energy to reach the top.  And, reaching the top means different things to different people.  It can manifest in unhealthy jealousies or unnecessary compromises.  Very seldom does creating our own throne end well.

Christ taught a seemingly upside down lifestyle: what you want to keep, you've got to be willing to give up; if you want to be promoted, the pathway is servanthood; to be first, get in the back of the line.  Interestingly and most profoundly, this works in marriage, family life, work, friendships and church.  And ultimately, this kind of living will dethrone you which is precisely the design!  The work of grace from Christ's sacrificial death on the cross brings death to our fleshly desires to reign.  When the right One is enthroned in our life, everything gets better and blessed.

God's throne must be more important than our own. The one we build for our pleasure brings eventual disgust and disaster.  Until His grace dethrones us, life will be nothing more than a fraud!

What do you need to give up in order that Christ might reign in that area of your life?