Sit in Daddy's Chair.

Revelation 3:21

To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on
my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on
his throne.

NIV


When you were little, did you ever crawl up into daddy's chair? What an honor, you were sitting with Daddy. Remember Daddy's chair? He, more then likely had a chair that was "HIS". He would come home from work, tired and ready to relax for awhile, and plop down in HIS chair, and all the kids would come running yelling: "Daddy's home, Daddy's home!" You would crawl up onto his lap and share your day with him. "Guess what, Daddy?.............." Dad would really care, and listen to all you had to say, He was tired ,but you were his children, he always had time for you.

I am sure Daddy had his own chair at the dinner table also. It would be at the "Head" of the table. Dad would say "Grace" he would cut the pork roast, he would start the conversation, he was, well, Daddy.

Before Dad got home, maybe Mom would sit down in his chair, it was, after all, pretty comfortable. But as soon as you all heard Dad's car pulling up into the driveway, and the door slamming, everyone got up and let Dad sit down, it was His chair. As kids we used to sit in Daddy's chair while he was at work, or asleep, both me and my sister could fit in it, but usually this turned into a fight. But, I remember pretending to be Daddy. Sitting there in his chair, I would try to talk in a deep voice and say things he would say. Sometimes I would put his helmet on that I found while going through his closet, which I wasn't supposed to do. My Dad was a US Marine, so he had things like helmets, and old gun stocks, and ribbons for his uniforms and all kinds of things. I played with a M-1 rifle stock for years. It was perfect for playing Army or Cowboys and Indians.

When Dad would get a promotion from one rank to another, he would give me his old "Stripes" and Mom would sew them onto my play clothes, sometimes. I remember when he made "Staff Sargent" that meant I got promoted to Sargent. I would walk around my room like I was really tough and order my stuffed animals around.

I loved my Dad, I respected him, he was a tough Marine. But I really never thought of him as real tough, he was, after all, my daddy.


Look at the above scripture, we are told that if we "Overcome" we will get to sit in Jesus' throne with Jesus!!!!! The most powerful seat in the Universe and beyond, WE will sit in. Jesus, Himself, will scootch over and make room for us, and we will talk to Him like He is our big brother, which He is. He will ask us questions about our day, our life, and we will ask Him. He will call me Chris, He knows my name, I will ask Him why certain things were done the way they were while I was on Earth, and He will explain all things to me. I will be such a honor to sit with Him and commune, and share every detail of my life.

But there is only one problem, the first part of the scripture, above: "To him who overcomes............" Without overcoming the world, none of this will be possible. Who rules the World? Satan, and his demons. so, to overcome the world, we must overcome that little punk , lying, slimy, jerk Satan. Without God and His Son Jesus, this would be a big challenge, but we have them on our side. Satan wants us to fail, to never sit with Jesus on His throne, but Jesus wants this more then anything.

Look at the last part of the scripture: "...just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on His throne." See, it can be done, Jesus did it. He was completely human when He did it too. He was like us, in every regard. He had every temptation we do, yet He overcame the world.

Why do we give Satan so much credit? He is nothing, he is just a little fly that buzzes around trying to bring us down. God uses a "fly swatter" to get rid of him, because he is so small. Our God is a big God, and we will get to talk to Him soon, face to face. Satan has to get God's permission before He can do much, he has very limited power. But God is the ruler of EVERYTHING.

So, think about what you want to ask Jesus when your sitting on His throne, just you and Him. Then after your talk, you might go fishing with Him. That would be awesome .