Morning by Morning, March 17 -
Priests, Prophets, and Kings
Good
morning, Lord Jesus. Take me by the heart and lead me by the hand on the
adventure You have for me today. ...
“You are
a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, in order
that you may proclaim the mighty acts of Him who called you out of darkness
into His marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s
people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy” (1
Peter 2:9-10).
You’ve
chosen us and called us. You equip us and encourage us. You save us and send us
as the people of God to proclaim the goodness and mercy of God. We are priests
and prophets and kings in Christ -- a royal priesthood proclaiming Christ. “To
Him who loves us and freed us from our sins by His blood, and made us to be a
kingdom, priests serving His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion
forever and ever!” (Revelation 1:5-6)
“Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,” You “have made us
kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth” (Revelation
5:9-10, NKJV).
In
alignment with Your heart and submission to Your will, abiding in Christ as
Christ abides in us, we humbly and faithfully embrace our identity and fulfill
our destiny as the body of Christ, filled with the Spirit of Christ, continuing
the ministry of Christ here in this world (1 Corinthians 12:27). “As He is, so
are we in this world” (1 John 4:17).
You are
our Priest and Prophet and King. So in Christ, as the body of Christ, we are
Your priests and prophets and kings -- “ambassadors for Christ, since God is
making His appeal through us” (2 Corinthians 5:20). As priests, we pray; as
prophets, we proclaim; as kings, we reign -- all in submission to Your will and
Your way, all through Your Spirit and by Your grace, with the measure of
authority You’ve entrusted to us as Your people, Your body, and Your church
(Matthew 16:19). Your kingdom comes and Your will is done, here on earth, as it
is in heaven (Matthew 5:10).
We do our
part -- as best as we can and all by Your grace -- to live into the fullness of
all You have already done by Your part (John 19:30). And all in Your time and
all in Your way, we look forward to the day we hear “loud voices in heaven,
saying, ‘The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of
His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!’” (Revelation 11:15 NKJV). In
Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
