Will You Have This Man To Reign?

There is parable in Luke 19:12-27, that Jesus shared just before He went to the cross.  In this parable He told about a ruler that was going away to receive a kingdom. Obviously Jesus was speaking of Himself as the ruler.  Before leaving He entrusted differing amounts of money to His servants.  After He left, many of the people said, “We will not have this man to reign over us.”  At times I have thought how awful that these people would say such a thing. But then I thought, how often have I said essentially the same thing when I have chosen to have my own way in a situation instead of submitting to the government of God in that particular area of my life?

 When the ruler returned he rewarded each person according to what they had done with that which they were entrusted, just as Jesus will do at the judgment.  When we properly invest what has been entrusted to us, it benefits us not just Him. When we submit to his government we will be guided in how to invest that which He has placed within our care until He returns.    We have been entrusted with what He has left behind and it can only be properly be invested in alignment with His government. 

The person who thought the ruler was a hard task master and did nothing with that which he was entrusted, had no understanding of the true heart of the Ruler. Religion has generally taught that our King/Ruler is a hard task master. As a result, few have a proper understanding of the true heart of love that our King has for those over whom He reigns and they fail to invest what they are given and refuse to submit to His rulership. 

Will you have this man to reign in your life today? Will you submit to His loving rule in your life?

Luke 19:12-27 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. ¹³ And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. ¹⁴ But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. ¹⁶ Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. ¹⁷ And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. ¹⁸ And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. ¹⁹ And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. ²⁰ And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: ²¹ For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. ²² And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: ²³ Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? ²⁴ And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. ²⁵ (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) ²⁶ For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. ²⁷ But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.