So the idea of wasting away my life for God continues to press on me everyday… I have decided that I am growing slowly in the discipline of self control and patience, but that I still fail miserably in the long run… It reminds me daily of how much this culture still lays hold of my habits and overall being… “I want what I want, and I want it now!” The mindset cry of our culture… I don’t think God really likes it… So I’m trying to grow, I am continually reminding myself.. ‘It took Jesus 30 years to prepare for three years of ministry… and He had the whole God thing going for Him…”  I know I say it a lot, but it is so true… He was God and it still took Him 30 years,,, who am I to complain about my what? 2, 4, even 8 years of prep?  I was thinking the other day… haha… Okay, so you know all the stories of like the little kids in the old testament becoming king at like age 2?  Okay like age 14 but still.. It’s like humorous how young that sounds… Well I was thinking, they had been at the whole: ‘learning how to run a kingdom’ thing since probably their kindergarden years (K4K: Kindergarden for Kings).  So ever since their K4K years they were learning the protocol of the palace… If they step in at 14 – “Tada! Hello World!” – they had a good seven or eight years of preparation under their belt… How long have you been after your King’s protocol?  How much have you devoted to learning all there is to be a king, or in better termonology, for our case, a Son of the King?  Are you ready for Him to show you off on the royal parade around the city, are you ready to represent your King?  How long have you been at it.. I mean like really been at it?  Have you even started?  They had say seven or eight years of like… nothing but being taught.. no playing video games, or even sports (well maybe sports)  or all the other leisure things we do to waste life (TV, myspace…)  

They were to be king, and it was coming,,,, and when it got here, tomorrow or in 30 years, they were to be ready.  They were to be able to step in and say ‘lets do this’… So what did that mean? A few things stand out to me… first they had to know the protocol of the palace, they had to know how to carry themselves, how to live as royalty.  It is much different to life as royalty than as just a layperson… In God’s Kingdom we are all royalty, we are the sons and daughters of the King, we need to live as royalty, we need to learn the protocol of His Kingdom…

Secondly, they had to know what was going on… They had to stay up to date on the affairs of what was happening in the kingdom… If they had to take over, they would have to jump right in, which means they would have to know what was going on… There was no time to only then be like,,, ‘okay I know how to do it all, but what are we working on currently?’  It is one thing to know how to do something, but in order to do it you need to know what the something is… That is you have to know what your working on in order to work on it.  If God moves us into a season of commission, we better know what is going on around us or were gunna miss our opportunity to do the work were called to do. I think that makes since… We need to know what is happening in the Kingdom… If a king was in the middle of a war, the upcoming heir probably would want to be following the strategies, watching the troop deployments, researching his opponent, knowing their strategies… The entire purpose for a season of preparation is to prepare!  We don’t wait to be in the hot seat before we start preparing for it!  We need to be on the cutting edge of what our King is doing incase He is to call on us…

The third thing that comes to mind is that O bother i forgot it.. There was a third, I heard it, but I have forgotten it.. If I remember it Ill tack in on in place of this ramble….

Royalty isn’t the funnest lifestyle, I’m reminded of Cinderella… The peasant girl dreams of royalty, and the prince hates the boundaries that are placed on because of it… My point is to highlight the prince… He doesn’t like the restrictions of being royalty, EVERYONE is watching you, so you must hold yourself in integrity (not that this is a bad thing).  Everyone is expecting you to preform as royalty… hey your the one who is devoting your life to learning it.. heck you better do a  good job!  

With standing comes isolation.  

We are not called to be the King, but we are called to be royalty, and since our King is not here (Speaking in a tangible since)  He has left us to be representatives of Him.  We are called to be the vessels… You can get all but the Holy Spirit is here!  on me, but Im reminded of the verse where Paul says, (paraphrasing quite a bit) ‘there are so many people out there… and how will they know about God unless someone tells them, and how will someone tell them if no one decides to preach, and no one will preach unless someone decides to go, and no one will go if they don’t ever move…’ You know the verse and know what I’m talking about,,, God has left it up to us whether or not the Great Commission will ever get fulfilled… We have the free choice to do it, or not to do it… You have the choice to live as royalty or not… (But sidenote, if your not living as royalty don’t be angry if God decides not to move through you in a way that clearly labels you as His, Im not saying He wont use you, but Im brought back to the imagery of a king showing off his son by putting him on a horse and having someone take him through the streets declaring that he is the king’s son, that he is royalty… God moving through us is kinda like that,, He is declaring that this is his son or daughter.)  Not that you aren’t worthy and or aren’t good enough, God loves all the same, but if you read the Bible it is quite clear He plays favorites… If you don’t think so, you can start with explaining the story of Moses relationship with God, and how Moses was in no means more favored by God than any of the Israelites,.. God loves all equally, but He does play favorites,,, and you can learn to be His favorite!  It is very possible, and anyone can obtain it!  Press in, don’t let any bitterness arise in you if this is the first time you have put that together :)

Anyhow… what was I saying?  Oh yes, the abandoned lifestyle,,, I really would like it,, more of that divine dissatisfaction… yah… Sorry bout the tangent, idk where all that royalty stuff came from,,, but it’s on my mind a lot too, so I guess it was meant to be said..  Well beloved with this I leave you. Press in to be royalty, learn the protocol of our King,,, learn to clothe yourself in His favorite colors. Not what other people think looks good on you, but on what He likes… press in and figure out what He is doing among our generation, prepare yourself for the assignments He has for you to do, be ready so that when the day comes you are not overcome with fear by the size of your calling… He will give you everything you need, to be everything He has asked of you…

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