Encountering the Warrior King - Day 5
More deeply personal encounters followed the first one I wrote about in day 1, and in the ensuing weeks and months God came for more. And my Father’s agenda became clear: more of his love for me to experience, more life, more freedom. Honestly, I didn’t know those things existed. Now, through experience, I know.
God has big plans for me—and for you. The early years of our restoration mostly involve healing from the past and getting things out of the way that are in the way of receiving his love. That healing doesn’t just alter a man’s relationship with God; it begins to alter every relationship.
In my own life today, most days now are about training—training for reigning. I also still need healing, both from a long and treacherous past and from the daily attempted woundings that are on par for life’s course. The difference is, that now, I know how to defend myself. I know how to respond and, very importantly, how not to respond when someone sins against me or otherwise hurts me. The Warrior King is teaching and training me to be like him, showing me how I bear his image and what it is to be called into more, overcoming and becoming a good man, a warrior king. It’s a lot of work, but it’s the best kind.
He’s looking for other recruits as well, other apprentices. Are you ready to be found and to become a good king?
The King of kings wants you. He wants to give you the life you have always wanted but can never earn or provide for yourself. What have you got to lose other than all that stands in the way of your becoming who you were made to be?
The One who created you wants to walk with you into more—more than you can imagine, down a path only he can make, in a direction only he knows. Healing and training, validation and initiation, the maturation of a kingly heart within—these await you. And other hearts await your experience and wisdom as your personal kingdom expands within that of the great, all-governing King of kings.
So tell God you’re willing, if indeed you are—willing to walk with the King—to know him, learn from him, experience his love, his correction, his guidance, his encouragement, his provision, his companionship. Consent, declare, come into more, and say it out loud:
“I’m willing to learn how to wield your power and authority on behalf of others. I’m willing to lose my preconceptions and church-speak and gain the mind and language of a heart settled in the Father’s love.”
Say it.
"I'm willing."
In the words of Dallas Willard, “The most important thing in your life … is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.”
What say you, then? You in?
As you ponder all this with God today, consider asking Him:
Father, would you open my mind and heart to what your invitation is, to come into more and sign on for a kingly adventure?
Jesus, as my willing heart spoke those words above, would you show me or tell me your feelings on the matter of accepting your invitation?
Spirit, where do I need to go from here in my training? What do you have next for me on this journey of overcoming what's in the way and into becoming a good king on my way?
If you enjoyed this plan, check out the book it comes from: Michael Thompson’s King Me: Loving and Leading in a Wounding World. These five days were taken from chapter three.
