Day 14

“and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood— ⁶ and He made us into a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.” REV 1:5-6 NASB.

In Paul Wangai’s book “We got fired.” He lists several famous people who got fired from their jobs: Larry King, Steve Jobs, Elvis Presley, Walt Disney etc

Elvis Presley got fired from a music studio in 1954. He was told, “You ain’t goin’ nowhere, son. Go back and drive a truck.” Tell that to the thousands of Elvis impersonators who sing his tunes decades after his death.

Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper for lack of ideas. The Disney Company, with its movies, theme parks, television stations and more, is now a multibillion-dollar empire.

Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computers in his garage, then got fired from his own company. Jobs picked up the pieces and bought a majority share in Pixar in 1986. Nine years later, he won an Oscar for Toy Story. In 1996 he was back at Apple!

I can relate to how it feels when life dishes out rejection. But the above examples make it clear that no matter how bad things get, God can use it as a stepping stone to greatness.

I certainly don’t always feel like a king, do you? When you feel like nothing will ever go right for you, and everybody’s against you; it is easy to wonder whether life is worth living. Yet Revelation insists that we are elevated to the status of kings and priests in Jesus Christ. When you think that you are nobody, that no one cares, grab the Book of Revelation and scatter those thoughts with the clear assertions of God’s Word! We are not nobodies; we have been elevated to the highest places in Christ. The Book of Revelation is not only a revelation of who Jesus Christ is but of who we can become in Him.