Kings will Die Here

  This past Sunday, I had the overwhelming responsibility and privilege of teaching the 1st and 2nd grade Sunday school class. Those children are wonderfully inquisitive and energetic. By the end of class, I wanted to drink coffee and take a nap. Which is a strange combination I must admit.
  My lesson, was the story of the Magi coming to worship baby Jesus and Herod's attempt to murder Him. As I told the story, I had more than one kid tell me, "Oh, I know this story." Of course, they are good kids and they listened anyways, but I could only imagine how redundant this story was to their little ears. We came to the point of the lesson, which was that we are to worship Christ as King like the wisemen did, and not to reject Him like Herod.
  At this point I figured I ought to point out that Christ is still king, while Herod died ages ago. Then I remembered how Herod died and thought those sweet children would be interested to find he was struck by God and eaten by worms. I definitely had their full attention at that point. When I take into account some of their reactions, am glad I did not tell them about the King Jehoram who died when his bowels came out because of a painful disease.
  All the dramatic deaths aside, kings die here. No earthly king has every reigned forever. Even a king like David, who was a man after God's own heart, died. Christ, however, is still king. When all the leaders of men fall short of our expectations and needs, Christ is in control. He reigns over all things, even death. When this life crumbles, Christ will still be King.