Getting to Know Jesus #7: Blessed and Sovereign

I Timothy 6:13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, 14 to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

As Paul concludes his challenge to Timothy, he gives this solemn charge, this vow to keep, to maintain his testimony for Christ, just as Christ has maintained his testimony before Pilate, so that no shame will be brought to the name of the Blessed and Only Sovereign King.  As Diann Cotton points out in 100 Days with Jesus, this term "blessed" means "having a sacred nature; held in reverence; venerated; honored in worship."  Jesus is to be worshipped, not held in scorn because of our actions.  That name is joined with "only sovereign" - "one possessing supreme sovereignty", the one and only King.  We need to be living our lives as if Christ is our final authority.  Of course, this name, this title is surrounded above by other descriptions that are well worth meditating on one by one, as they together summarize how awesome our Lord and Savior really is.  Let's live that way today.