Bright flags waved and tom-toms sounded and trumpets blew and the people sang and through the rows of welcoming people Stanley was led to the king. The king's name was Mutesa, and he was half heathen and half Mohammedian. He first of all sent a present for the white man's dinner. He sent a herd of oxen and then a flock of goats and sheep. After that came men with a hundred bunches of bananas, three dozen chickens, four dishes of milk, fifty ears of Indian corn, a basket of rice, twenty dozen eggs and ten pots of wine. The king himself was clothed in rich red garments embroidered with gold, and looked very strong and handsome and he welcomed the white man to his kingdom, -the greatest kingdom in all Africa, with four million people over whom King Mutesa ruled.
If you know Jesus as you Lord and Savior then He is your King. As King, He is preparing a great celebration for your arrival in heaven.
Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Just like King Mutesa everything has been prepared and the amazing thing is it was prepared for you even before you were born. Can you imagine that? God looks forward to you being with Him in heaven and He is all prepared, nothing has been forgotten. There will even be a great celebration feast*. The good news is that you are invited. If you haven't already, receive Jesus as you Lord and Savior today and the King will look on you as blessed.
Matthew 25:34, Revelations 19:9 (NASB)
Devotional Story Reference: Children's Missionary Story - Sermons / The Story of a Pair of Boots, By Hugh T. Keer, 1915
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