A GAME OF THRONES
As the EDO 2016 Governorship elections draw nigh and both parties make a point of prostituting mediocrity to Dumb and Dumber proportions (what is Greatest Gbo Gb, Greatest Gba Gba if not the language of backwardness?) I can't help-despite myself-but to be in reverential awe of the importance of politics, in every sphere of our lives, even our destinies.
It occurs to me that this great big life is not so unlike the HBO series Game Of Thrones. It's full of twists, turns and good people getting bad karma , even Solomon says in Ecclesiastes 14 "Here's something that happens all the time and makes no sense at all: Good people get what's coming to the wicked, and bad people get what's coming to the good." Is that what happened to Ned Stark or what? Everyone is also more or less politically motivated in their perception of wrong and right, and nothing captures this better than Jamie Lannisters confession that the people he's killed and the other horrible things he's done (i.e making a little boy a cripple just because he stumbled onto them (Jamie and his sister) having incestuous sex, I mean who does that?) Are all because of the woman he loves. Awww sweet, not! Everyone, the Jihadists, the Terrorists, the Humanists, everyone has romantic notions about what they do. Like my friend who's Pro-Biafra who reminds me of General Zod when he said this.
Game Of Thrones will leave you wondering who the good guy is (or girl?) Even Daenerys has some egomaniacal psyche going on. Everyone has their motive, few people are just outright bad. We used to believe that the good guys always win, but when you don't know who the good guys are it becomes anybody's game.
This is not going to be a "My side is right", " Your Side is wrong" article. If you're reading this you're probably on my side anyways.We are the good guys (yaay) but we're at that part of the movie where Ultrons kicking our butts and our team is falling apart and it seems like we're losing. So let's get in gear people and talk about that.
THE USURPER TO THE THRONE (1 KINGS 1 MSG)
King David was on the iron throne back in his day. He was getting old though and dying, so they brought in a hot chick to see if he would sleep with her and he didn't so they knew the old man was about to kick the bucket. (If this was me they'd probably bring me hot chicken wings or something) So David is about to die and next thing you know Adonijah (Davids first son after the death of Absalom) is trying to usurp the throne from Solomon who is not trafitionally but legitimaely (by the Kings aquiescence) next in line. So what does Adonijah do? He gathers together the most affluent to back him up, gets an envoy of chariots and begins to strut around town parading himself as King similar to the World today. Adonijah is a good looking guy, devilishly handsome (pun intended) who was spoilt as a child (sin nature anyone?) Who by tradition should be King. The World rightfully outnumbers us and therefore by simple ratio has more talent than us and should by all means reign. But Adonijah like the world couldn't get certain people to back him up, certain influential people for that matter. Just like the World, or any mediocrity taking your place in any sphere of life (say your Husbands mistress or your boyfriends side chick) wouldn't have access to certain privileges like (say your husbands mother). Certain things won't come at the worlds behest. Certain things in your field of specialty won't happen without you. You have a certain legitimacy (right and acceptance to rule) that the world for all its talents and good looks does not.
So How Does One Take Back The Iron Throne?
No you don't ask God to rain down fire and brimstone upon your enemy (more on that later). Bathsheba, she of the erotic baths outside in broad daylight went and met THE KING and REMINDED HIM OF HIS PROMISES. Then Prophet Nathan came in and did same for good measure all on Solomons behalf. The king apparently promised that Solomon would be King after him, just like Jesus promised we'd reign after Him, through Him, for Him. David certainly didn't forget, but he needed to be reminded, like God constantly needs to be reminded of His promises to us. Then David empowered Solomon and brought all those people that would never bow to Adonijah under Solomon. And guess what, after all of Adonijahs gra gra, all David had to do was seat. The race is not to the swift , it is to those who seat.
So leadership experts will tell you the least kind of leader is the positional leader, but they're wrong, according to this text. Adonijah beat Solomon to the punch, Solomon virtually didn't do anything in this passage, his mother had to step in and save the day. It was his POSITION on the throne that mattered, not anything else. So to improve upon the Maxwells of this world, it is "titular" leadership that is the least, not position. We are seated in heavenly places, high above all principalities and powers, recognizing this is the first step to practicing it and not vice versa. However if you're waiting for the World to call you Chief or Pastor or Sec Gen before you know your leadership position, if you're waiting for a title, your in trouble. You need the position (which you have) to get the disposition (which you develop) for the manifestation (of your Kingship). When you seat back and let the World or the less talented or the downright mediocre or simply the unchosen reign, you let horrible things happen (like the three out of five songs on the radio these days) or like Batman when he let Robin take on the Joker alone.
Milton's free marketplace of ideas theory says the good ones will outlive the bad, but if there's a constant flood of the bad, its quantity is sure to forever trump the quality that exists. If you're a talented singer and you're forming shy, then you are responsible for all the nonsense on the radio, if you're a talented runner and you're keeping quiet your responsible for all the Olympic gold medals we don't have. If you're a Christian and you're forming the meek shall inherit the earth, ogbeni Jesus shook up an entire world power with just three years of ministry and 33 years of existence, what have you done, handed out pamphlets? I've been made to understand that the verse in Acts about receiving power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you and be My witness unto Samaria....is now unto the fashion industry, sports, entertainment, your area of gifting. You have the power!
Woof, this has been a long post init? Stay with me, another thing worthy of note is in the end Solomon didn't slay his big brother for trying to take his place, rather he showed him grace, just like we're not here to condemn the world, but to spare it. Maybe I'm making up for my absence, maybe I'm passionate about the subject matter, the point is if you're not vying for your rightful place on the iron throne, then you ain't jack, son.
It occurs to me that this great big life is not so unlike the HBO series Game Of Thrones. It's full of twists, turns and good people getting bad karma , even Solomon says in Ecclesiastes 14 "Here's something that happens all the time and makes no sense at all: Good people get what's coming to the wicked, and bad people get what's coming to the good." Is that what happened to Ned Stark or what? Everyone is also more or less politically motivated in their perception of wrong and right, and nothing captures this better than Jamie Lannisters confession that the people he's killed and the other horrible things he's done (i.e making a little boy a cripple just because he stumbled onto them (Jamie and his sister) having incestuous sex, I mean who does that?) Are all because of the woman he loves. Awww sweet, not! Everyone, the Jihadists, the Terrorists, the Humanists, everyone has romantic notions about what they do. Like my friend who's Pro-Biafra who reminds me of General Zod when he said this.
Game Of Thrones will leave you wondering who the good guy is (or girl?) Even Daenerys has some egomaniacal psyche going on. Everyone has their motive, few people are just outright bad. We used to believe that the good guys always win, but when you don't know who the good guys are it becomes anybody's game.
This is not going to be a "My side is right", " Your Side is wrong" article. If you're reading this you're probably on my side anyways.We are the good guys (yaay) but we're at that part of the movie where Ultrons kicking our butts and our team is falling apart and it seems like we're losing. So let's get in gear people and talk about that.
THE USURPER TO THE THRONE (1 KINGS 1 MSG)
King David was on the iron throne back in his day. He was getting old though and dying, so they brought in a hot chick to see if he would sleep with her and he didn't so they knew the old man was about to kick the bucket. (If this was me they'd probably bring me hot chicken wings or something) So David is about to die and next thing you know Adonijah (Davids first son after the death of Absalom) is trying to usurp the throne from Solomon who is not trafitionally but legitimaely (by the Kings aquiescence) next in line. So what does Adonijah do? He gathers together the most affluent to back him up, gets an envoy of chariots and begins to strut around town parading himself as King similar to the World today. Adonijah is a good looking guy, devilishly handsome (pun intended) who was spoilt as a child (sin nature anyone?) Who by tradition should be King. The World rightfully outnumbers us and therefore by simple ratio has more talent than us and should by all means reign. But Adonijah like the world couldn't get certain people to back him up, certain influential people for that matter. Just like the World, or any mediocrity taking your place in any sphere of life (say your Husbands mistress or your boyfriends side chick) wouldn't have access to certain privileges like (say your husbands mother). Certain things won't come at the worlds behest. Certain things in your field of specialty won't happen without you. You have a certain legitimacy (right and acceptance to rule) that the world for all its talents and good looks does not.
So How Does One Take Back The Iron Throne?
No you don't ask God to rain down fire and brimstone upon your enemy (more on that later). Bathsheba, she of the erotic baths outside in broad daylight went and met THE KING and REMINDED HIM OF HIS PROMISES. Then Prophet Nathan came in and did same for good measure all on Solomons behalf. The king apparently promised that Solomon would be King after him, just like Jesus promised we'd reign after Him, through Him, for Him. David certainly didn't forget, but he needed to be reminded, like God constantly needs to be reminded of His promises to us. Then David empowered Solomon and brought all those people that would never bow to Adonijah under Solomon. And guess what, after all of Adonijahs gra gra, all David had to do was seat. The race is not to the swift , it is to those who seat.
So leadership experts will tell you the least kind of leader is the positional leader, but they're wrong, according to this text. Adonijah beat Solomon to the punch, Solomon virtually didn't do anything in this passage, his mother had to step in and save the day. It was his POSITION on the throne that mattered, not anything else. So to improve upon the Maxwells of this world, it is "titular" leadership that is the least, not position. We are seated in heavenly places, high above all principalities and powers, recognizing this is the first step to practicing it and not vice versa. However if you're waiting for the World to call you Chief or Pastor or Sec Gen before you know your leadership position, if you're waiting for a title, your in trouble. You need the position (which you have) to get the disposition (which you develop) for the manifestation (of your Kingship). When you seat back and let the World or the less talented or the downright mediocre or simply the unchosen reign, you let horrible things happen (like the three out of five songs on the radio these days) or like Batman when he let Robin take on the Joker alone.
Milton's free marketplace of ideas theory says the good ones will outlive the bad, but if there's a constant flood of the bad, its quantity is sure to forever trump the quality that exists. If you're a talented singer and you're forming shy, then you are responsible for all the nonsense on the radio, if you're a talented runner and you're keeping quiet your responsible for all the Olympic gold medals we don't have. If you're a Christian and you're forming the meek shall inherit the earth, ogbeni Jesus shook up an entire world power with just three years of ministry and 33 years of existence, what have you done, handed out pamphlets? I've been made to understand that the verse in Acts about receiving power after the Holy Spirit has come upon you and be My witness unto Samaria....is now unto the fashion industry, sports, entertainment, your area of gifting. You have the power!
Woof, this has been a long post init? Stay with me, another thing worthy of note is in the end Solomon didn't slay his big brother for trying to take his place, rather he showed him grace, just like we're not here to condemn the world, but to spare it. Maybe I'm making up for my absence, maybe I'm passionate about the subject matter, the point is if you're not vying for your rightful place on the iron throne, then you ain't jack, son.
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