Grow up and act like royalty

Recently I wrote a post about learning to be God’s princess.  Tonight, the concept grew up!  Below are some excerpts from the post just to set the thinking for the rest of this write.

A few years ago some friends who are very concerned and impressed with material possessions began treating us like 3rd world rejects.  We just weren’t ‘good enough’ on so many levels. . . .  I was frustrated.  You may say they weren’t really friends when you read this, but they were and are. . . .  

These people made me feel needlessly small, unappreciated and unimportant most of the time.  I could have said “Woman up, Donna.  Get over it.”  But really, how do you? 

I began seriously praying about my attitude . . . . .  and my Father assured me that he loves me more than I can even start to imagine. . . . . He told me I am his princess. . . . . .  He assured me that he would be with me in life and usher me through the transition to immortal existence when my part of this life is done.

When the slights come, he reminds me to say “I am the daughter of the King.”  It’s not an arrogant thing, it simply says that regardless of what others think or do, I am loved and I am provided for royally.  If people treat me like a servant, I will own the title and add “Servant of the Most High God.”  If people look down on my art, my craft or my person, well that person can deal with my Papa. 

This has changed the way I view life in general. . . . . “I am the daughter of the great King.”

Tonight I again had the ‘opportunity to call out in my spirit “I am the daughter of the Great King!” and then on the way home, I called it out aloud.  I spoke the obvious: “They are yours; I am yours.  Help me to understand that you care regardless and can take care of the rest.”  

In my spirit I heard the Father say “When are you going to start acting like it?”

I thought that He was reprimanding me for whining about being slighted and put down at first.  I started asking for forgiveness and strength to change my attitude.  He interrupted again and asked me when I was going to begin behaving like royalty.

Having been well trained in false humility, I totally mistook the question at first and he again told me to grow up and start acting like a princess.  I asked what he meant.  This is what I understood.

True royalty is not as concerned with itself as it is with the kingdom.  There is an image to be held that respects the position of royalty.  It is a mature refinement that refuses to dishonor the kingdom.  I don’t think I’ve ever truly understood the concept though I have been acquainted with it before.  Royalty is not entirely a matter of birth, but also of behavior and attitude.  In recent history, we have watched a ‘royal’ abdicate the throne for personal affection and desire.  Call it love if you wish.  It seems so romantic and honorable, so true to the heart and ethical.  Yet it dishonored the kingdom and disqualified the person for rule.  This person was no less ‘royal’ in a human sense, but the position of leadership and influence was lost.  We have watched this at various levels in the Kingdom of God.  It’s so easy to lose sight of the real thing when you concentrate on the glitter and glam. 

God revealed to me that the ability to put the good of the kingdom above my own petty desires and feelings is part of taking my place at his side as his daughter, his ‘princess’.  Fine clothing and surroundings, well fixed hair, nails and make-up, to a degree even the training in protocol must be overshadowed by the desire to honor and advance the kingdom in influence and respect.  While people will always find fault, and always maintain fault, while bad behavior and excess will continue, true mature royalty understands the temporary effect of a story without substance.  It understands that untruth will always exist and that people often love a lie as much as they love a truth. True royalty is not thrown off task by the complaints and opinions of petty people or gossip columns.  It is not about the finery or pomp. It’s not about a person being exalted or even protected.  It is about the kingdom being exalted and maintained in strength and integrity.

I am his own; I am his princess.  It is time to grow up and act like it.  I have much to learn.