GOD'S PERSPECTIVE OF KINGSHIP

DAILY GRACE
SUN. 3RD APRIL, 2016
TOPIC: GOD'S  PERSPECTIVE OF KINGSHIP
TEXT: DEUT. 17:14_20

       It was not in God's original plan to give the Israelites a King from onset. They usually have a ruler or leader and a priest, who enquires of the Lord and tells the people the mind of God.
But God, being an Omnipotent God, had already seen by he future and knows that by the time He takes the Israelites to their promised land they might also want to have kings like other nations do (Deut. 17:14). So, He gave them His design for select a king among themselves. He gave them his design to be that;
1. "you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses"; this is to say that it is only whom the Lord pleases to make a King that they must choose.
2. "one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you";  the King must be part of the covenant people of God, not an infidel or an unbeliever. 1 Pet. 2:9.
3. "you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother". Vs. 15. The King must be someone who knows the Lord of the Israelite, the one who brought them out of the land of Egypt. The who who showed Himself to them as a covenant keeping God.
4. "But he shall not multiply horses for himself". The Egyptian trusts in their houses to fight battles, but the children of God has been given the name of the Lord for victory. Ps. 20:5. His trust must not be on physical things . That he possesses bit on
 the Almighty God.
5. He must not cause the people to return to Egypt (their former way of life that irritates God).
6. "Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away"; this is to say that he must be a husband of one wife the reason is well stated by God. So that his many wives do not turn his heart against the living God, for our God is a jealous God (Exo. 20).
7. Nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.
He must not set his heart to amassing wealth, thinking and pursuing how to be wealthy while in the kingship role. This is to say that he must set his heart on the assignment of being a King.
8. "And he shall have a copy of the law taken from the Levites and it must be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes". This
 is to say that he must be a Word addict. 
9. "that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren", he must not be high minded or proud. And must not lord it over his fellow people.
10. "that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel". He is to stay glued to the word of God. Must be a doer of the word, but both he and his household. This is what guarantees his long stay on the throne.
All by the aforelisted designs of God for kingship is applicable to all of us who are God's children occupying a major role or the other. You must endeavor  to  do it the way of the Lord. God is counting on you. 1 Peter 2:9.

Personal Confession: Lord Jesus, help me to follow your design for my life in Jesus name.
                         
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