I heard someone recently say (regarding this past presidential election) that “Jesus was not on the ballot.” I think their point was that all candidates running for office at any level, are flawed at some level. After all, “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God,” and this includes politicians as well as plumbers and painters! The thesis being, Jesus is perfect, and we are not. True statement.
But as we head past November 5, I want to remind us of something very important. Jesus was not on the ballot, because Jesus is not like any other leader we know. He is not voted into and out of office, His reign is eternal. He is not “the better of two evils” as some have described candidates in elections, He has no evil in Him. He is not pursuing our “likes” to His posts, He desires to be our Lord. He is not first asking what we can do for Him, but He came while we were yet sinners to die for us. He does not want our ballot, He wants our best. He is not wanting something from us, ultimately He has something for us. His Kingdom ultimately knows no boundaries, term limits, or end. He has no “god complex,” He is (in fact) God Himself!
As John Stott has said, “So we may talk about Alexander the Great, Charles the Great, and Napoleon the Great, but not Jesus the Great. He is not the Great – He is the ONLY. There is nobody like Him. He has no rival and no successor.”
So as we walk toward Sunday, November 10 together, I wanted us to pause and remember who the King of Kings really is. Some of you are celebrating election results, while others are crying. Together, let us lift our eyes to heaven and see the exalted Son of God, the King of Kings, who was the same on November 10, 2020 as He is on November 10, 2024, as He will be on November 10, 2028. Let us worship Him together in Spirit and in Truth on Sunday at Wildwood Community Church in our 8:30, 9:45, or 11:00 service. This will be part one of a two part sermon series called “King of Kings” and will focus on Revelation 5:1-14.
See you there … and bring friends!