Because he is our king - Looking for a leader in all the wrong places | Rev. Wil Cantrell

It seems no matter where we look, our leaders are unable to meet our expectations.  The story of the God who doesn’t give up on us, includes the significance of Jesus as our King.  We see the roots of Jesus our King through the story of David’s anointing (2 Samuel 5:1-3), the prophecy of Isaiah (Isaiah 9:6-7), and the angel Gabriel telling the virgin Mary that she will bear a child who will be on the throne of the most high God (Luke 1:31-33).  Our King, Jesus, leads in a way that countered the ways of leaders of Jesus’ time and the time in which we live now.  Our King, Jesus, was born a very unassuming birth in a manger, with no public fanfare.  He led the unlikely, the disgraced, the forgotten.  He made the experts uncomfortable.  He walked amongst, healing and teaching.  As we look for leaders in all the wrong places, may we turn for the first time or return again to the one true leader, our King, the Messiah, Jesus Christ, God incarnate.