CH 2:11{God has appointed His King to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. Thus He gives His children a great bond of union. For "one King shall be king to them all," and He shall "gather together in one the children of God which were scattered abroad." "Satan scatters, but Jesus gathers." Shall we then let the enemy have his way, and induce us to keep apart and aloof from those over whom our beloved King reigns also? Let us try this day to recollect this, and make it practical in all our contact with His other subjects. Why has God made Jesus King? Who would have guessed the right answer? "Because the Lord loved His people." So the very thought of the kingship of Christ sprang from the everlasting love of God to His people. Bring that wonderful statement down to personal reality—"His people"—that is, you and me. God made Jesus King over you because He loved you, and that with nothing less than the love wherewith He loved Him.
And closer yet, and closer the golden bonds shall be,
Enlinking all who love our Lord in pure sincerity;
And wider yet, and wider shall the circling glory glow,
As more and more are taught of God that mighty love to know.