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 CHRIST THE KING

On this Christ the King Sunday, we must remember that there is no competing power opposing God. Michael the Arch Angel is Satan’s opposite. Both angelic beings are created beings. God alone, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is Eternal, Everlasting, no beginning, and no end, Omnipotent, Omnipresent, and Omniscient. There is none like Him.

Here is an encouraging and life-focusing exhortation from St. Theresa of Avila from the 16th century: “Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you, all things will pass away. God never changes; patience obtains all things, whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices. Amen.”

Where is your life rooted? Do you have an immovable foundation of hope for your life? Is there one thing that is the ground of reality that defines life for you? Truth be told, there is only one thing that defines life itself and it is found in one thing alone: the Life, death, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus Christ. He is the center of it all, the fulcrum that moves all of history.

As followers of Jesus Christ, we look to the future, the revelation of Jesus Christ, to understand and interpret the present. We do not ignore the past but view it in light of eternity. We do not extrapolate from the past to give meaning to the present or hope for the future. We look to the future as God has revealed it to us in His Word. There we see Jesus Christ ruling as King of kings and Lord of lords.

We fix our eyes on the One upon whom our faith depends from start to finish. We are fully confident that God is able to do whatever He has promised. We believe that God brings the dead back to life and that He creates new things out of nothing. Salvation is of the Lord. Redemption is of the Lord. Restoration is of the Lord. The reception of a new heart, a new life, a new spirit is of the Lord by the power of the Holy Spirit. “Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart…”



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