{"id":60,"date":"2006-03-31T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T15:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianmashburn.net\/?p=60"},"modified":"2006-03-31T15:54:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T15:54:00","slug":"surround-yourself-with-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianmashburn.net\/?p=60","title":{"rendered":"Surround Yourself with Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"
“<\/span>When I am walking true, my mere existence in that state attracts people who are striving to walk true and repels people who are choosing not to.<\/span>” – Jim Spivey<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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“Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth.” – King Solomon<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/span>“Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; <\/span>you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.” – King David<\/span>
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“W<\/span>hoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.” – King Jesus<\/span>
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<\/span>I desire the company of Kings.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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Not people of mere “power” as the world knows it. Not people with the loosely clad “title”. But true masters of the universe, who sit on a throne of peace, joy and righteousness. Regardless of the prominence of their position in man’s eyes, and regardless of their capacity to “make things happen” with the influence of their money, relationships, talent or zeal, these kings whose company I want live and speak and think and ponder and do all that they do from a the more powerful place of deepest Truth and deepest Love (which are the same thing, by the way).<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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Kings are sensitive people.<\/strong> They have ears that “hear” what’s actually being said, eyes that “see” only the real things. And then they operate with powerful strength out of that reality.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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Kings are doing people.<\/strong> Never for “doings” sake, or for outward accomplishment or fame, Kings are always doing something in the innermost place. Even their sleep becomes beneficial for inward advancement. It does manifest itself outwardly in forms seen by men, but the mere outward form being done does not prove that he is a King. Many people honestly want to be Kings, but they mindlessly imitate the outward actions of those who are, rather than perceive the inward actions that make Kings.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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Kings are all about relationships.<\/strong> They often excel in the crafts, trades, or endeavors of their lives, but they all have come to intimate grip with themselves in relation to others, accepting wholeheartedly that to live truly for themselves is to live for God and others. And the greatest Kings work towards making relationships THE craft, trade, and endeavor of their lives.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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Kings are both indifferent and personal towards all people.<\/strong> Indifferent, in that they give themselves (and the love and truth that resides in themselves) fully to any human being in the world that they happen upon. Personal, in that they speak and do the truthful words and actions that are specifically appropriate and called for with each human being in the world as they are specifically moved.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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When I walk submissively from the “wisdom of the inmost place”, by the “truth that comes into the light”, “speaking truth” with “honest lips”, I know that I am living from and for God, and it “is seen plainly” that what I do “has been done through God”. <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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And when I do that, it seems I am surrounded by these Kings, learning, growing, and transforming more and more into the image of Christ…King of Kings.<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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