I am a Daughter of the King

As we continue on this journey reflecting on Who We Are in Christ I hope you will find those quiet moments to do some reflecting yourself. I so often am totally transformed by that simple song, Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of the world will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace. As I begin to utter those words, truly the things of the world WILL grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace. We are bombarded daily with messages that say, You need this, You should look like this, act like this, hold positions like this, make money like this etc. And yet if you look around you we have a very dysfunctional society all looking to get their needs met anyway they can and still feel empty. As I have been seeking the Lord the message is so clear for me. It does not matter what day I read, or what I read, the message is consistent. My Daddy is saying, Come unto Me, Open your heart so that I can bring healing and restoration to your soul and spirit, Set your mind on things above, See from my heavenly perspective, Rejoice in knowing that I am with you in all things, Look and see beyond the flesh and worldly concerns. I will lead you and guide you and bring the wisdom of this age to you rmind. Purify your conscience. Set all things in order according to My Word.

As I began to think what to share with you concerning Who I am in Christ, the thing that would not leave my mind is I am a Daughter of the King. You may be saying, I know that. But do you? Do I? Do we really embrace that our Daddy owns the cattle on a thousand hills, the earth is His and all it contains, That nothing was made that was made apart from Him, that He puts rulers in positions and removes them and on and on. One of my favorite passages is when He was talking to Job. I remember the moment this was first put in perspective for me. I was sitting on the beach in Panama City very troubled with some things that had just happened to me. After I had shared my frustration with the Lord, I opened my Bible to the daily reading and actually began to laugh out loud. Verse 12, says, "Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place....... Wow and Wow! The one WHO commands the morning is MY Daddy! It is going to be Okay!

But do we live like that? I was thinking of the movie Princess Diaries. This is a quick synopsis but hopefully will make the point. She was the daughter of a prince who had died and her grandmother was Queen of Genovia. She was living in America almost in poverty with her Mom. It becomes time for a new Queen - she is the likely candidate - Grandmother finds her - takes here there and she learns the ways of a Queen - Of course there is more to the story but for today's post think of the correlation. Alot of us are living in spiritual poverty and yet are daughters of the king. We know that is a reality but because of circumstances of life we live as if we are not. He sent His Son to show us the way and when He left He sent the H.S. to indwell us so we could live the life He meant for us. How are you living?

Are you living under the expectations of this world, people around you, the position you hold or are you experiencing the freedom of knowing you are a princess and your Daddy owns it all, and is able to provide what you need, when you need it, and how much you need at the time you need it? Are you living knowing that nothing escapes your Daddy's notice and He is able to accomplish what concerns you from the past, present and future? Are you living knowing that you are not a victim? That no one can thwart what your Daddy has put in motion for you?

Now lets go back to Princes Diaries one more time. When it came time for her to be queen there was one stipulation and that was she had to be married. The time was fleeting and if she was not married she could not be queen. She came to a point that she realized she could not get married just to be queen and came before the people and shared her dream to be their queen but also her view of marriage was much more and to get married for this reason would violate who she really was. She appealed to them to think of their own daugthers...........

Wow, to be a daughter of the King we must not allow ourselves to be victims, we must not allow the enemy to tell us He won't provide, we must not compromise our values to receive anything. For He truly owns it all.

I don't know where you are in your life today but I do know Your Daddy knows. Sit back in his lap. Accept His love, His counsel, His grace, His mercy, and on and on. You don't have to beg. You are His and He is Yours. His Banner over you is Love.

In closing, I must share what my Daddy did for me this week. Joel has been out of work for over 6 months. Our Daddy has been faithful. We have been blessed and stretched. Mid way into this we had the privilege of hosting a young missionary couple in our home for a month. We could not have asked for better house guests and we were blessed by them. As summer approached we knew we would not be vacationing and out of the blue they offered us their beach house in Fort Walton Beach for 10 days. My Daddy knew we did not have the resources but needed the rest so He provided a place through them. And our Daddy did not just provide a place but He provided a beautiful place. I am sitting here looking out at the bay and stand in awe of my Daddy. He is faithful. He is your Daddy. Go to Him! He is waiting! You are His daughter.

Blessings from another daughter of the King,

Jill Milligan