In my previous post, I wrote about how God created the earth as a habitation for man. In this post, we will see how God lovingly rules over His creation as the Almighty King. When I was growing up, I think the descriptions of God I was most familiar with were of Him as a loving Father or a friend. I had heard and read about Him being the King, but I don’t know that I spent as much time thinking of Him that way. It is important to know that God is our Father and friend. But it is also very important to remember that He is the Almighty King because we must remember all of His attributes. Yes, He is gentle, loving, kind, holy, righteous, good, but He is also omnipotent, omniscient, and infinite. In Matthew Henry’s commentary on the Lord’s Prayer, he explains that God is our Father but that we must remember He is our Father in heaven. God is infinitely above us. And that is what we are supposed to be in awe of and rejoicing in. The great, Almighty God is our loving father and friend! We have a gentle, loving, merciful, righteous King! We can find great comfort in meditating on God’s almighty power because it gives us the assurance that He truly has the power to save our souls from hell. And we can say along with Paul in 2 Tim. 1:12, “For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.” The great God of the universe, who is Lord of all, has promised us eternal life with Him in heaven through faith in Jesus Christ, His Son. And we can trust in that promise.

In terms of meditation, try to take time to form imagery of these concepts in your mind. Envision God on His throne in heaven, lovingly ruling over His creation. You can read Revelation 4 and meditate on the imagery that is used there. Rev. 4:2-3 says, “² At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. ³ And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne.” The entire chapter contains imagery you can use.

As you are envisioning God on His throne, take time to contemplate that this great God, the Lord of heaven and earth, wants to be in covenant with you. God created earth as a habitation for man and God wants to be in a close relationship with us. He does not want to be at a distance from us. The covenant language of the Old Testament can be seen in Jeremiah 30:22 in which God says, “So you will be my people, and I will be your God. ” This is what God desires for us. He wants to be our God to guide and care for us. The covenant that is in the Old Testament is the same covenant that is in the New Testament. So, there is one covenant and two different administrations of the same covenant (which I hope to write a post about at another time). In the New Testament, 2 Cor. 6:18 echoes the covenant language of the Old Testament and shows the close relationship that God wants to have with His people: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

When you become a Christian, you are adopted by God as his child. You become a child of the King and an heir of His Kingdom. In John Gill’s book Doctrinal Divinity, he explains that there are verses in the book of Hebrews that show us that the word “testament” is used for the Old Testament and New Testament in the same way we use the words “will and testament” for a person who has an earthly estate. That person writes out a will or testament to tell their heirs what they will be inheriting from his estate. Gill says we should view the Bible in the same way because in it, God explains the terms of His covenant with us, declares that we are adopted as His children, and promises to us that we will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.

As you are meditating, spend time envisioning God, the Almighty King, sitting on His throne in Heaven, lovingly ruling over His creation. Take time to rejoice that this gracious, loving, righteous King is also our Father – He has adopted us as His children and we are in a covenant relationship with Him. He will be our God, and we will be His people for all of eternity because He has given us as our inheritance a place in His heavenly kingdom. Here is a link to the hymn “Come, Thou Almighty King” by Anonymous author – Learning to Live by Faith. You can sing this to God as you are meditating and rejoicing that He is our King. After spending time in meditation, you will find that you mind stays more focused on God throughout the day and you will grow closer and closer in your walk with Him.