A Strange Place for A King

Thought I would repost for Easter. This is a poem I wrote during Christmas season

Strange Place for A King
By. Joshua A. Aguilar

A king foretold is coming to our land
A baby born in Bethlehem,
He wasn’t born in a royal home,
But in a manger, not even His own
A Strange Place for a King

This King grew and at his appointed time
He spread His message of the kingdom throughout His land
He came to His own but they received Him not
So He reached out to the outcast and those who would listen
He sat and ate with the outcast, prostitutes, sinners
He receives them and us for we were His mission
A Strange Place for a King

The time has come for His mission to come to completion
But it wasn’t in a castle or on a Throne His Just position
God and sinners reconciled was His perfect plan
He was nailed to the cross for the redemption of man
A Strange place for a King

2000 years later as we dwell on His birth,
His life, His death, His resurrection and Ascension from earth
This Jesus, this king, the savior of man
To all who receive Him, in His kingdom they’ll stand
And In this sinner’s heart, His throne will reside
A Strange Place for my King

One day He will come and call us all home
And on that day with an ever grateful heart
I will kneel at His Throne.

Cultural reflection

In our small group we briefly discussed that most of the Corinthian believers were gentile, mostly Greeks. The Greeks had a cultural tendency to pick their favorite philosopher or politician and hold them up on a pedestal, sometimes to the point that they treated them like gods. We see an example of this in Acts 14 when Paul and Barnabas performed miracles, through the power of the Holy Spirit. The people responded to them by calling them zeus and hermes and they wanted to sacrifice animals to them. The Corinthian believers were doing this, some liked Apollos, some Paul, some Cephas (Peter), some just said Christ meaning they didn't need anyone to teach them. They weren't just saying I like this teacher over the other they were saying we are better than you because we follow the teachings of Apollos or Paul and so on. This was causing divisions in the church and it was tearing up their unity. The question I have been reflecting on and would like you to reflect on is, What cultural baggage, if any, are you bringing to Christianity? to your church?