Who is the King within?

Posted by Timothy

August 16, 2008

Jesus said, “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me, and I in him, he will be much fruit….If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.”

John 15:5-7

Jesus is the king “in” you and part of this blog is exploring what that actually means. This passage reveals one way to both “remain in Jesus” and to allow the power of Jesus to remain in you, which is to keep the “words” inside.

It’s a powerful, but consistent, notion that Jesus is the word, and the way to keep Him within is to keep the word within. What does that mean to so completely internalize those commands?

This seems consistent with the earlier entry that God sees the heart, and the way to transform the heart is to allow his spirit inside but to also take the diligent efforts of letting the truth of the living word literally seep into our bones by understanding those words.

So I see three basic types of entries (well, four) — one, where I look at the actual words of Jesus which will lead us to develop the “kingship”; the words and lives of actual Kings, primarily King David and King Solomon to find behaviors and outcomes to model to fulfill our own “king within”; and then, in keeping with the words, to look specifically at Proverbs, Psalms, and Eccelsiastes which are often attributed to King Solomon.

This is what I call the “Open Secret” — a way to experience a full and rich live deserving of a king by following the words of the King of all kings!

Oh, right, and the fourth type of entry is the more personal application — how do I actually apply these to my own life of trying to build a company, grow my relationships, and contribute to my community and to the redemption of the world.

Specific Scripture that I want to write down but not necessarily have much commentary will be written down here.

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