Christ the King 2019

The story is told that Alexander and a small company of soldiers approached a strongly fortified walled city. Alexander, standing outside the walls, raised his voice and demanded to see the king. When the king arrived, Alexander insisted that the king surrender the city and its inhabitants to Alexander and his little band of fighting men.

The king laughed, "Why should I surrender to you? You can’t do us any harm!" But Alexander offered to give the king a demonstration. He ordered his men to line up single file and start marching. He marched them straight toward a sheer cliff.

The townspeople gathered on the wall and watched in shocked silence as, one by one, Alexander’s soldiers marched without hesitation right off the cliff to their deaths! After ten soldiers died, Alexander ordered the rest of the men to return to his side. The townspeople and the king immediately surrendered to Alexander the Great. They realized that if a few men were actually willing to commit suicide at the command of this dynamic leader, then nothing could stop his eventual victory.

Today, we celebrate the feast of Christ the King. If Christ is our king then we must be his people, his soldiers, his army. If we are his soldiers, then we expect to be wounded whenever we battle for him or fight with him.

In 2004, I was in my lowest point of my life when people rejected me, criticized me and even accused me of anything to excruciate me. I asked myself whether I deserved this or not by standing for the Gospel. I stood for the truth. But people spread lies about me. I was depressed. No friends approached me during those times because they were afraid to get involved with my sad fate. But one night while I was riding my motorcycle I saw one tricycle with a signboard “God loves you” and another with a signboard “God is King.” I realized that as a soldier of Christ, I must expect that I might get wounded in a battle. I realized that I must be willing to fight and die for my King. If Christ is our King, I might sustain injuries but I should still listen to his commands no matter what I feel about myself.

Today, we have to know our place. Christ is our King, we are his people, his army, his soldiers obeying his command.