When Jesus is in the Room, Everyone Else is Humiliated
I watched the Charlie Kirk Memorial, all five hours. The stadium was filled with more than sixty thousand people, including some of the richest and most powerful men and women in the world. I celebrated as speakers testified of the Lordship of Jesus Christ. I wept and rejoiced as Jesus was being glorified in worshipful song.
The Apostle Paul declared, “Therefore, God also highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:9–11, LSB).
When Jesus is in the room everything else, and everyone else, looks small. As thousands gathered to sing praises to Christ, mourning was turned into rejoicing. Death is humiliated in the presence of the resurrected Christ. Powerful men and women stood on the stage and confessed the Lordship of Jesus Christ. In so doing, they acknowledged the grandeur and power of the One who is King of kings and Lord of lords. They acknowledged their weakness and bowed in humility before Him. They will be judged by the sincerity, or lack thereof, of their words.
On any occasion where the President of the United States is present, all eyes and ears give attention to the President. All stand at attention when the President walks into the room. But not on this occasion. The presence of Jesus in the room made the President look so small. When the other speakers spoke of love, grace, forgiveness, and revival, the President spoke of hate. For the first time in his life, the President wasn’t the most important person in the room. By refusing to acknowledge the message of Christ, he was humiliated by Christ. In the presence of Christ, the President appeared as a petty politician.
Charlie engaged in politics. But he understood that the kingdom of God transcends the politics of this present age. This is the legacy of Charlie Kirk.
