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| What Kind of King are You? |
KING
The word KING during this time
of Advent brings to mind the story of KING Herod and his dictate to destroy the
Christ child, whom Herod saw as a threat.
If you study the Herod dynasty, you will come to understand that KING
Herod was an insecure and very weak male that could not stand any
competition. The prophecies of old had
long predicted that a KING would be born and he would be KING of the Jews. KING Herod had ordered the Magi to reveal the
location of this important baby KING, but the Magi departed a different way and
did not reveal the location. As a
result, KING Herod in his anger and angst ordered that all baby boys under the
age of two be killed in the area of Bethlehem.
This part of history became known as the slaughter of the
innocents. Each of us has a KING Herod
inside of us. That inner KING is our
insecure, anxiety driven ego. This inner
KING will destroy us and anyone else in our path of perceived control in order
to keep our life safe. This pseudo
control slaughters our dreams, ideas, and intuition on a regular basis. We need to birth within us a different
KING. We need a KING of peace that
surpasses all understanding that allows us to be present to our life, and bring
peace to those around us. You choose
which kind of KING you are willing to be: Herod or the Christ Child?
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