Are you disappointed in the way unjust things are forced upon you in our society and by our government? Would you like to see righteous power that provides everything we need? Those of us at Northeast can be comforted, We Have a King!

When Israel rejected Samuel’s sons as Judges, God said they had rejected him as their king (1st Sam. 8). Instead of asking for a king to be like the other nations, they should have said, “We Have a King!” But, they wanted the world’s kind of a king. God was fully capable and committed to ruling and providing for Israel. However, Israel rejected their God, and consequently they suffered.

God promised and prophesied to seat an everlasting king on his throne (2nd Samuel 7). Such would not be like the temporary earthly types. Such would supercede all other kingdoms, and all other powers would eventually perish. (Daniel 2:44-45). God’s promised King would reign until the end. All of God’s people would be able to say, “We Have a King!”

When Jesus was resurrected from the dead and exalted to the Father’s right hand, he was crowned King! In truth he was crowned “King of kings” (1st Timothy 6:15). All heaven and earth, all Jews and all Gentiles, can now say, “We Have a King!”

• We Have a King! He rules. Our King, Jesus, is ruling “in heaven and on earth”. He has dictated his will, and he will judge us according to it. “For the Lord is our Judge, The Lord is our Lawgiver, The Lord is our King; he will save us.” (Isaiah 33:22; Matt. 28:18-20)
• We Have a King! He is righteous. Our King, Jesus, “reigns in righteousness.” (Isaiah 32:1) His decrees are holy and just. There is no corruption in the rule of Jesus.
• We Have a King! He is our refuge and resource. Our King, Jesus, brings peace to the poor and the confused. Our King is a source of life and rest. Our King is “...as a hiding place from the wind, And a cover from the tempest, As rivers of water in a dry place, As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” (Isaiah 32:2).
• We Have a King! He is beautiful. His image and his success is universally visible and glowingly beautiful. “Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will see the land that is very far off.” (Isaiah 33:17)

Yes, We Have a King! We, at Northeast, need to dedicate our citizenship to his kingdom, by allowing Jesus to rule us (Luke 17:20-21). We cannot fix all corruption in our society and our government; and we should not rest our spiritual ambitions, even if earthly rulers improve. We must personally follow the True King, and have abundant life here and life eternally. We Have a King!