"So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory." (Psalms 102:15)
Maybe I should have made myself clear on the subject, because there is a difference between royal and loyal. Basically there are only two categories of people, there are those that are children of God and there are those that are not; if you are a child of God, then you are part of His Kingdom, if you are not a child of God, then you are not. As to the degree of loyalty, those that are not His children are still slaves to sin, their loyalty is to obey the desires of their flesh and the passions of their hearts. We, on the other hand, we are now slaves to righteousness, and our loyalty is to our Righteous King; some do loyalty well, and some do not; but we are all part of Royalty, forever more! None of us are the way that we should be, not in the sense of our actions; but we are washed in the blood of Christ, so as far as the Father is concerned, we are perfect and complete, even though we might not act as though we are right now. When I am walking in my flesh, or when I have sin in my life, this life is scary and I feel very vulnerable to all that I should not fear. It's just common sense, whatever you are closest to is the object that you will fear the most. If you are closer to God than you are to the world, you will fear the Lord more than you do the world; but if you are closer to the world, then the world will be a greater fear to you than God. All of the things that might cause you fear, loss of money, loosing your job, sickness and health, loosing your mate; whatever it is that could cause you to stay awake at night with worry, those things will seem more real to you than the strength of the Lord. It is then, when this life seems to have the upper hand, that is when we must evaluate our hearts and seek God's forgiveness. Personally, I never want it to get that stage; but unfortunately, we seldom see it coming. The verse we have before us today, is a verse that is much like that, only opposite. You see, the world will look at the church, scoffing and putting down all that they represent; but the real deep dark secret in their hearts, is that they really live in fear; fear of what might happen, fear of the unknown, fear of who they are or what they might become. Once upon a time, we too had such fears; although they are long lost memories. But now we have a Shelter, a Refuge, and a Strong Tower to run to; those kind of fears have no place in our lives anymore because our Foundation is sure. Even the very least in the Kingdom of God is greater than the very most in the world...
""This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: People from nations and cities around the world will travel to Jerusalem. The people of one city will say to the people of another, 'Come with us to Jerusalem to ask the LORD to bless us. Let's worship the LORD of Heaven's Armies. I'm determined to go.' Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD of Heaven's Armies and to ask for his blessings. "This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies says: In those days ten men from different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the sleeve of one Jew. And they will say, 'Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"" (Zechariah 8:20-23) NLT
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