Great Kings

I had an interesting thought that last week. I read an excerpt from the Chronicles of Narnia, they were referring to Lion the king. One character said to another character in that no one could approach the great king with out “their knees knocking”. They said he wasn’t safe, that he never hurt people but he wasn’t safe. It got me thinking about the true nature of kings. I have often heard that prayer should never be a chore because we get to approach a king, or sometimes people refer to it as the president. This is the thing in today’s world most when most of us think of kings and presidents we get the picture of our political leaders. Our political leaders at least in the free countries of this world do not have the power to take lives nor throw you in prison for the rest of your life without trial. We think of our political leaders as safe, their powerful but safe.

I want us to picture the medieval kings of old, or the kings of Babylon, or even modern day dictators, people who have the power to do what ever they want. If they say you are dead then you are dead, if they lock you up, no one lets you out. Approaching them becomes a lot more exciting scenario. Think of what you would discuss with this type of person and why, how passionate would be to risk approaching men like these. How exciting would that be if you had an audience with a Suddam Hussein or Adolf Hitler and you were pleading a cause with them. How would that feel.

If it were me I would be prepared, focused, my blood would be pumping, my adrenaline rushing, I would speak with boldness not because the bible told me to but because if I did not I would not grasp their attention nor sway their decision.
This is what our prayer must be like. We must realize whom we are approaching. While Jesus does not contain the evil of these men he does contain their power and far greater. Approaching him should be like approaching any powerful and dangerous leader, it should command the same thinking and the same approach. Live the adventure.