Today is Tuesday, June 18, 2019, and here is your daily devote. As we learn from this account, when you have other kings besides God, those kings do not save you. They enslave you. You become a slave to the things you depend on for happiness and security.
For example, if you have to be in a relationship to be happy, you become a slave to romantic relationships. If you need the praise of other people to find fulfillment, you become a slave to the opinions of others. Everything you do is aimed at getting the approval of others, even to the point of feeling jealous of others and resenting them when you think they are liked better than you. Every life has a king.
Every human heart has a throne on which someone or something sits. A king in your life is whatever you must have in order to be happy and secure. And kings make all of their subjects into servants. Everybody serves something.
There are no exceptions. You are either submitted to someone who brings life, God, or you are enslaved to something that brings death. Think about this. The people desire a lesser or earthly king to rule over them.
What are some examples of lesser kings we turn to for fulfillment other than God? How do these lesser kings fail to deliver on their promises? Thank you for listening to the Daily Devote. Please send me a comment, like or share the Daily Devote.
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