Ephesians 4:1-6
I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.
In 2001, Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway starred in a movie called the Princess Diaries. Anne Hathaway is a normal San Francisco teenager who discovers she is to be Queen of a small country called Genovia. Comedy ensues as the 'normal' in teenager clashes with what a would-be queen should act like as well as simply accepting her position in life. Every girls fantasy? to find out you are really a princess?
We are all created as royalty by God. In fact, in the Roman Catholic church when you are Baptized, you are anointed as Priest, Prophet and King (royalty). We are all in a sense royals. My quest is to be sure we are all aware of it. We need to know that our heavenly father, the king of the universe wants us to be aware that we are all his children, royals and heirs.
The problems that ensue for us, not unlike in the Princess Diaries, is how we handle that information. Do we become big headed? Do we think we are better than everyone else and therefore entitled to more than everyone else? If we can adjust to the fact that we are all special, all royal children of God, then we face another dilemma. That is, as the reading todays says, do we lead a life worthy of the calling to which we have been called? It is one thing to know that we are a gift from God, it is another to live out our daily lives with that knowledge and live up to the standard it demands.
You are a priest, prophet and king (or queen). Are you acting accordingly?
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