For those unaware, the award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones is the story of several noble houses fighting each other to determine who should be king or queen of the “seven kingdoms.” That is the most simplistic way of summarizing it.
Sometimes, real life feels like a game of thrones. So many people and things trying to take control. Some things are trying to imprison you while others try to set you free. Both wanting you to yield to their way.
For those unaware, the award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones is the story of several noble houses fighting each other to determine who should be king or queen of the “seven kingdoms.” That is the most simplistic way of summarizing it.
Sometimes, real life feels like a game of thrones. So many people and things trying to take control. Some things are trying to imprison you while others try to set you free. Both wanting you to yield to their way.
As children, we cannot wait to be an adult so that no one can tell us what to do. As adults, we realize that never really happens. Someone is always lording over us in some way.
If you are in school, teachers dictate your workload. They decide if your work is good enough to continue with your course of study.
If you are employed, you have various levels of management telling you what to do. They also decide if your work is good enough and how you should be rewarded or held back.
At home, our spouses have things for us to do. Sometimes our children’s schedules dictate what we do. Homeowner’s associations can even dictate what type of mailbox you must install.
We may let our television programs dictate when we do things. There is no shortage of things that want to rule our lives.
Here is the question we must ask ourselves. To whom shall we listen? What if the school, work, home and everything else are all telling us something different? We must decide who or what we will follow.
Often times, we choose not what we really want, but on what will cause us fewer problems. We choose the path of least resistance. It is the safe way to go.
We all must decide who or what will reign in our lives. We all need something or someone to trust. Some live by a code. Others live by faith in a deity. Many just seem to live according to what is popular at the moment.
No one but you can make the choice who you will serve, but like it or not we all serve another.
Conflicts arise when you try to serve more than one. We cannot please everyone. It has been said that a kingdom divided cannot stand. So, to which kingdom will you yield?
I personally yield to who I consider the King of Kings, Jesus Christ. That is my choice that I freely made. I let his teachings guide my decisions at home, work, and school. That does not mean I do not sometimes surrender to another. However, when I do, it does not take long for me to see the error of my ways.
No one can make the choice for who you serve but you. The person who does not choose becomes unstable in everything they do. Often something forces them to yield even when they do not wish to do so.
Who sits on your throne? Life is a battle for control, but it is no game to be played lightly.
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