You are My King

Scripture:
But God is my King from long ago;
    he brings salvation on the earth.
Psalms 74:12
 
Observation: The "issue" - all issues - are resolved as simply as this ... God is my king, and he brings salvation on the earth.
 
What kind of "issues" are resolved with this simple idea? For the psalmist, it was about every possible hardship. The problem involved the total destruction of a nation, the death of tens of thousands, the desolation of the entire land, the expunging of their entire belief system, and the total removal of all blessing, joy, happiness, and comfort. All hope and goodness is destroyed. However, the entire thought process about life pivots on this thought ... God is my king, and he brings salvation.

Application: Last week, I had some tentative good news delivered to me. However, in my heart I know that there are hardships ahead. I know that in the overall scheme of life that some professional accomplishments are meaningless, as the world around me is actually getting darker. I dwell on this, and pray on it, and have ideas on things to do, though I know that my best case scenario is that these acts will bring only targeted accomplishments for God's kingdom, while the world itself continued to move toward its doom.

However ... God is my king! He is my king from long ago - he has always been, and even at the beginning he was my king before I existed. As my king he commands me, and I obey him. He brings salvation! He brings salvation of my soul, and of my life. As my savior he grants me eternal life and love simply through my belief in Jesus. He offers this salvation to the entire earth - to my friends, my family, my coworkers, and strangers - anyone who will believe and receive.

Life is as simple as this: God is my king, and he brings salvation! There is no issue, hardship, problem, task, or future challenge that matters in that context.

Prayer: Lord, you are SO big, that one simply truth about you is bigger than every possible thing I can think of about my life. I do trust you with my life - I trust you to command me on upcoming decisions I may have about my employment, and anything else that comes along for that matter. You are my king, oh Lord! Amen.