You are a child of the King!

Dear Pastor,

Remember this day whose you are!

You are a child of the King. You are a co-heir with Christ Jesus. All that the Father has is yours. You and I are to rule and reign with God over all creation. We are invited to live in His presence all the days of our lives and then throughout all eternity. You and I are not orphans. We are not left to fend for ourselves or to figure it all out or to come up with everything that we need. Rather our gracious, benevolent, all-powerful Father offers to us a mighty inheritance. This inheritance includes the riches of His mercy and love, but also the riches of His healing and power, and the riches of His wisdom. God is even now giving us everything we need for life and Godliness.

Today, God is giving us wisdom to deal with church troublemakers, patience to serve in difficult assignments, mercy and grace to share with everyone who has a past, and love to pour out on the seemingly unlovable.

Today, God is giving to us strength for the day, His peace to make us steadfast no matter the winds and waves around us, and His acceptance into His presence. God is giving to us creativity to help with complicated circumstances, His words in order that we might affirm and exhort, train and lead, and His beauty as the life-giving source for our very existence.

By His blessings and by bringing us into His family and making us heirs of the promise, you and I (as Christians and as Pastors) have everything we need in Him. So today, please remember (and may we never forget!) we are children of the King and we need to act like it! We need to live and operate and serve and lead as if we have all God’s power and authority, His righteousness and holiness, His wisdom and direction, His provision and protection at work in us and around us at all times. If we don’t act that way then why would we say we believe it and why would we ever preach it?

Praise be to God that He is who He says He is and He does what He says He will do and we can walk in that victory!

Christ is with us, Christ is in us!

Mike Johnson