We Lost Our Heart When We Lost The Queen
“Six months before her Coronation, Elizabeth asked the people of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth to: Pray that God may give me wisdom and strength to carry out the solemn promises I shall be making, and that I may faithfully serve Him and you, all the days of my life.” (from the book The Servant Queen and the King she serves)
There seems to be a non-excitement attitude toward the May 6th Coronation of King Charles compared to the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, his mother. Today everyone seems to want to have something they think is important to be included in the ceremony. They do not realize that this ceremony is like no other. It is between the new Monarch and God as it is the Lord’s Throne, they are occupying awaiting the Lord’s return to occupy it Himself. Queen Elizabeth understood this and honoured Him by living in faithfulness to Him and the Throne.
In his first speech after the death of his mother, Charles said: “The role and the duties of monarchy also remain, as does the sovereign’s particular relationship and responsibility towards the Church of England, the church in which my own faith is so deeply rooted. In that faith, and the values it inspires, I have been brought up to cherish a sense of duty to others and to hold in the greatest respect, the precious traditions, freedoms and responsibilities of our unique history and our system of parliamentary government.” The King’s speech in full: Charles III’s first address to the nation (telegraph.co.uk)
His words here do seem to indicate that he understands the importance of the throne and his duty to it but he has so far lived a life quite different from the life that Queen Elizabeth lived before her Coronation. He has been able to experience more of the worldly things and we don’t know to what level that has affected his faith and his obedience and commitment to his new role. Queen Elizabeth also kept us tied to our past traditions and kept them alive for us. Will that be passed on with King Charles, we will have to wait and see. The Lord is now in His Heavenly throne and King Charles is awaiting his anointing on this earthly throne. We must remember Psalm 11, “In theLordput I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?TheLordin his holy temple, theLord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men. TheLordtrieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. For the righteousLordloveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright.” The wicked are trying to destroy our foundations that were based on God’s Word. We will have to see what happens at the time of the Coronation, but God is in control and His will is going to prevail and that for us is good news if we are faithful to Him.
From the book I quoted at the beginning, here is part of what Queen Elizabeth said in the foreword of the book, “As I embark on my 91st year, I invite you to join me in reflecting on the words of a poem quoted by my father, King George VI, in his Christmas Day broadcast in 1939, the year that this country went to war for the second time in a quarter of a century.
“I said to the man who stood at the Gate of the Year -Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown. And he replied, “Go out into the darkness, and put your hand into the hand of God. That shall be to you better than light, and safer than a known way.”
These are such good words quoted from our most loved Queen Elizabeth II. At the moment we don’t see this same commitment and faith to God from King Charles. Our thoughts and prayers are that God will, through the Holy Spirit, awaken King Charles to his new role as protector of the Throne under God until the Lord’s return. Amen.
