When Ahaziah king of Israel died, his mother Athaliah took over the throne. To ensure her reign, she killed all of her male family members and continued her evil ways thereafter. However, Jehoshabeath, Joash’s aunt, saved Joash and hid him until he was old enough to be king at eight years old. When the priest Jehoiada anointed Joshua king, the people rejoiced. The new regime had Athaliah executed.

When she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king.

II Chronicles 23:13

When you yield your life to Jesus, you are allowing the Heavenly King to take His rightful place in your life, and you put to death the lusts of the flesh. And in answer to your prayers, God performs His will on the Earth. A kingdom is where the king rules. The kingdom of God is “righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 14:17)

Some day Jesus will physically take His rightful place on the Earth. Until then, pray for God’s will to be done on Earth as it is in Heaven…which will produce righteousness, peace and joy in your life and in this nation.

Recommended Reading: Colossians 3:1-14