There’s somebody in the world who you put on a pedestal. Maybe it’s a sports star. Cam Newton and the undefeated Panthers. BJ Penn. Floyd Mayweather. Or maybe it’s some YouTube star or an Instagram star. Maybe it’s someone you know who seems like they’ve got it all together. Perfect family, perfect career, perfect house, perfect lifestyle. You would do anything they told you to do.

Why? Because, as C.S. Lewis said, we were made to have a king. That’s why every fairy tale has a king. That’s why you can flip on Hawaii News Now and see stories about the Royal Family. Even though we’re not British and we live on the opposite side of the planet! We were made to be ruled. We want to have a king! And so Lewis said, “Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters.” We all want to honor somebody.

Maybe it’s a politician. Right now, a lot of people think if only the right president gets elected, everything will be better. Eight years ago, a lot of people thought the same thing. Eight years before that, a lot of people thought the same thing. We all want to find someone to follow, but our kings never come through for us! They always let us down. So we just move on to our next king.

Then comes this king who calls himself the King of kings. The King who’s better than any of our kings, or our king-substitutes. He’s the King you’ve been waiting for. Here’s why:

1. Jesus is King over nature.
When he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?” [Matt. 8:23-27]

2. Jesus is King over Satan.
Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” [Mark 1:25-27]

3. Jesus is King over your mind.
We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ. [2 Cor 10:5]

4. Jesus is King over your money.
They will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others. [2 Cor 9:13]

5. Jesus is King over your relationships.
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. [Gal 6:2]

6. Jesus is King over your sin.
“Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk?’ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” And he rose and went home. [Matt 9:6-7]

7. Jesus is King over your destiny.
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. [John 3:36]