Titles are far too important to too many people. Pride drives them to demand their full due by being called by some important sounding title. People who rely on God don’t depend on some title – they depend on God himself? Today’s TBT post looks back to an October 1983 article on the subject of dependence on God by Robert F. Turner in PLAIN TALK Magazine.

Robert discussed the Israelite’s desire for a king and points out the real problem wasn’t the title of their ruler or form of their government. No, the real problem was their decision to stop depending on God. They were asking for an earthly king because they were rejecting God as their king (1 Samuel 8). In the same way the Jewish reliance on their “chosen” status failed to see it was to bring Christ to the world (Romans 9). Their pride got in the way of seeing it was all about God and his offer of salvation in Christ.

Ultimately we need to shun the ego driven desire for titles and cast ourselves on the mercy of God as offered in Jesus. We receive a gift, salvation, that can only be received by faith in the Christ. For the believer Christian is the only title that matters.