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the man stood in his chambers at helm’s deep. battle was coming he asks his armor bearer “who am i Gamli?” “you are Theodin, King” “and do you trust your King” “sire, your men will follow you to whatever end” i watched 300 the other night 300 spartans follow their king into a battle against tens of thousands at the end of the film as they lay dying a young soldier looks at leonides and tells him, “it was an honor to die with you” both examples are fictional, but there is a mythic truth here that people want to be real
in scripture we have examples of kings whose men loved them saul, david, hezekiah… what kind of man inspires loyalty and love that will place itself at great personal risk just to bring their king a cup of water from a particular well? what kind of man loves his King so recklessly? its the kind of man i want to be if my King asked it, i would climb everest in the nude… or at least start climbing if my King asked, i’d fight a circle saw if my King asked, would i willingly suffer humiliations for him if my King asked, would i wash the feet of my betrayer would i wash the feet of his betrayer would i live in rags would i embrace a seemingly endless and at times hopeless labor would i suicide on a stake an execution stake i think its time for me to understand that Jesus is my King first and my friend second not the other way around
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