Reigning As Kings in Life

Romans 5:17 For if because of one man's trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God's] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ ( the Messiah, the Anointed One). Amplified version.

It is because of Jesus' sacrifice that we are made to be in right standing with God enabling us to reign as kings in life. Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines king as "one whose position is hereditary and who rules for life. Reign is defined as one who posseses or excercises sovereign power.

Get a hold of this...before Christ died, death reigned or excercised/possessed sovereign power over our lives. 1Corinthians 15:56 tells us that "the sting of death is sin".  So sin reigned in our lives. Before we gave our hearts to Jesus, that old sin nature ruled our hearts.  However, because Jesus gave His life as a ransom for us, we have been made righteous [in right standing with God] and now we have "inherited" a position of rule for our entire life, excercising sovereign power over death through faith in Christ. The sin consciousness has no authority over us...no dominion over our hearts and lives.

Colossians 1:22 states, Yet now has [Christ, the Messiah] reconciled [you to God] in the body of His flesh through death, in order to present you holy and faultless and irreproachable in His [the Father’s] presence. Amplified version.

WOW!  The Word of God says that we are holy...Jesus says we are faultless and irreproachable in the Father's presence.  Let me ask you...Do you see yourself as holy, faultless and irreproachable in God's sight.
Or are you more conscious of your sins; your failures? 

Between our own minds and the enemy of our soul (Satan), we can go through life being more conscious of our mistakes.  Maybe it was a sharp word spoken to a loved one; we may have copped an attitude with someone who cut us off on the road;  or feared sharing the Gospel with someone because we didn't think they would accept it; maybe we misjudged a co-worker...the list can go on. 

We can beat ourselves up for this....or maybe it's more subtle...we just feel unworthy...lacking confidence in God's love for us because we see our failures.  Focusing on the works of the flesh only steal away our joy and our confidence before a holy God. These issues can impact our entire attitude towards others; towards ourselves. 

Jesus said that we are holy; He said that we are faultless and irreproachable in God's sight.  We need to be more conscious of His Grace. As we take our focus off of ourselves and meditate on what our Heavenly Father says about us will we be able to reign as kings in this life.

Galatians 2:20 For the life I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me. Let the GRACE of God - His favor towards you be the guiding peace in your heart and mind today because His love toward you is so much greater than you can imagine.