In every sporting event, or field of accomplishment, there’s someone who sits at the top. Sometimes for long, other times short-lived. Inevitably, someone better or more skilled, will set the bar higher.
As our kids were growing up, they probably viewed me as “tight,” or even cheap! But I wasn’t! Frugal would be a better word! I mean, our son didn’t want a regular .99 burger, he wanted a Whopper; except, he didn’t want lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, mustard or anything! In the end, he was getting a regular burger at 3x the price! So, I had to compensate!
Our youngest daughter and wife, both purchase things without knowing what they cost. Our other daughter was money-conscious, like me-until she married. Now, all three of them say, “I see it, I need it, I buy it; no questions asked. I, on the other hand, ask, “Why pay $2.49 for tomatoes when they’re $.79 nearby?” Oftentimes when we go to, or return from Sam’s or Costco, my wife will describe a cabinet of item she’s seen. When I ask the price, she’ll not know because she doesn’t look at it.
As I once wrote, many years ago, my son and I watched a comedy show where a man had a dark greenish, almost brownish bottle. It was ketchup! “How did it get that color?” He was asked on the show. He used to visit diners and other eateries, but not to eat! He would swipe the small ketchup packages, go home, and squeeze them into his bottle! He didn’t care how long it took him, or how much squeezing he had to endure! He just wanted to save! My son and I laughed hard! He realized just what being cheap actually looked like, and I laughed because I was dethroned!
In deeper things, there are people thinking God’s asleep. They think mankind has figured out so many things, God’s no longer needed; if He’s ever existed to begin with. Some, feel, He’s only a figment of man’s imagination. Many believe He’s been dethroned ages ago.
Reminds me of one of my sociology classes where I posed a question to the professor, something like this: “If God created the world 5960 years ago, and Adam was formed at 9 am, and the world believed it and accepted it, then why does the world now say it isn’t so? Why are they now saying we evolved? His response: Nodding his head in agreement with my numbers, he said, “We now know better.” To him, God was dead, dethroned!
Surprise!!! God’s still on His throne!! He’s never left it! Never will! Psalm 102:12 (AMP version) reads: “But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever [ruling eternally as sovereign]; And [the fame and glory of] YOUR name [endures] to all generations.”
God’s not nervously chewing His nails because a measly few billion people don’t believe He exists! He’s in full control of everything everywhere! And sadly, He won’t forget them who reject Him.
“I watched till thrones were put in place, and the Ancient of Days was seated; His garment was white as snow, And the hair of His head was like pure wool. His throne was a fiery flame, Its wheels a burning fire; A fiery stream issued And came forth from before Him. A thousand thousands ministered to Him; Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. The court was seated, And the books were opened” (Daniel 7:9,10 NKJV).
Just because He’s referred to as the Ancient of Days doesn’t mean He’s an old man whose throne room smells of Ben-Gay, Muscle Rub, or Vick’s! He’s not getting by with a crutch or an emerald-studded walker! It means He never ages! He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8)!
If you’ve been dethroned in some achievements, or, never won anything to begin with, you can be sure you’ll be on His throne when you get to heaven! Be an overcomer in Christ and secure your seat NOW!
“To him who overcomes, I will grant to sit with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne” (Revelation 3:21).
God Bless! Sam