Who is the King of glory?

Earlier today, I was reading Psalm 24. In verse 8, David pens, "Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle."

This time of the year, it seems most focus on 'the baby Jesus.' Yes, especially for those with a mother's heart, this is easy to do. Yes, I'm sure He was a sweet baby, in fact, the sweetest of all babies. But let's not forget to go beyond that. We all started out as babies (and certainly, some are sweeter than others). I have no doubt that God uses babies. They are a part of the sanctification of the mother. As they get older, they even moreso become part of the sanctification of the father and siblings as well. But, as with an oak tree, for the most part, the beginning is only the means to something far greater.

Who is the King of glory? It is the GROWN baby Jesus! The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle! Our Victor! The glorious Overcomer! Per Revelation 1:5, He is the firstborn of the dead...that's you and me before He reconciled us to Himself. Revelation 1:5 also declares Him as the faithful witness, the ruler of the kings of the earth (whether they know it or not), Him Who loves us and He Who released us from our sins by His blood! Oh, hallelujah!!!

David penned Psalm 24:8 because He KNEW Him as strong and mighty in battle, as a fellow warrior, yet the mighty warrior who delivered David so many times in battle, even just in Saul's pursuit of him. We may know OF Him as strong and mighty in battle as we read our old Testament, but do we know Him as strong and mighty in OUR battles? He wants us to. How many battles do we fight in our own strength, only calling on Him 'at the last minute,' when we are so exhausted we've nowhere else to turn? Ah...let us call upon Him at the BEGINNING of the battle and watch Him fight them for us. And as we ponder 'the baby Jesus' for the little that's left of this celebration, let us not forget the Lion that came forth from that precious little lamb.

MERRY CHRISTMAS to you...for all the RIGHT reasons He's given us!