Philippians 2:10-11
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Jesus had said that many would choose the way that leads to destruction while there would be only few who would choose the strait and the narrow way that leads to life—the path that only Jesus can take us on! {Mat.7:13-14} The Lordship of Jesus, the King of Kings, is something we should consider when we are being told by the world around us to follow a Greek philosophy which is known as ‘democracy'. And that has been described quite accurately by someone as two wolves and a sheep voting for what tonight's dinner menu will be. But I digress.
 
Many famous men and women have demanded throughout the ages that people should bow before them and give them the obedience they desire. They are the infamous who require people to follow them, not because of love but under threat of dire consequences. You know so many of those names; Nebuchadnezzar, Jezebel, Cleopatra, Attila the Hun, Ivan the Terrible, Adolph Hitler, and on and on ad nauseam. Of course there have been many, many others in each and every generation that are not generally known—but of course God knows!
 
So very long ago as Joshua was leading God’s people into the promised land he gathered all the people at Shechem and said to the people (including us today) that they must choose whom they will serve—either the Lord or anything or anybody else. {Jos.24:15} Be assured that at the end of time each and every one of them, along with every other man, woman or child ever conceived will bow down to worship and confess that Jesus Christ is, and always has been and always will be, Lord to the glory of God the Father. As today’s verse in Philippians says, “every knee shall bow”! So why not start now...
 
“I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.
These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come.” (Ephesians 1:18-21)
 
HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD