How Many Kings

Last year I heard the song, "How Many Kings," for the first time. It was such a moving song that really talks about Jesus' humility. Jesus is the King above ALL kings. If any of "us humans" had that title, we'd expect people to serve us...afterall, we would feel like we deserve it. However, this was not Jesus' attitude at all. He came in the form of a baby...a person that needs so much care and time and attention, a person that can do very little by himself, a person who has to be fed and bathed and changed and clothed, a person who can't even talk when he is first born...this is the form that the Ruler of all things came in. What humility to show everyone that the person who can do anything and everything (Jesus) came as someone who can't really do anything at all. What humility Jesus showed to everyone when He deserved to be born in a palace made of gold but instead was born in a stable. What humility to give up His place as King and Lord and become the least for you and me. What humility God showed the world when He gave up His Son for all of us...for a world that's broken and torn and imperfect. All in all, Jesus showed humility to the world. And if Jesus, King of Kings and Lord of Lords, was humble, how then do we act when we're nothing, when we sin all the time, when we should be the ones serving God?

Here's the song with lyrics of "How Many Kings..."