In 2005, I had a shirt that said, “Jesus is my homeboy.” I still believe it, but in July 2012, in God’s kindness, He revealed that my priorities were out of order. I wanted Him to be my homeboy, but I also wanted to be the ruler of my life. In the kingdom, that’s just not how it works. Jesus is still your homeboy even when your life is out of order, but He’s the kind of homeboy who checks in to make sure you haven’t fallen off the deep end and encourages you that it’s not too late to turn it around. He’s grieving and pleading with you to come back home, spend time in His presence, and pursue things that benefit His kingdom and your life. I’m not gonna lie, making Jesus King is not easy. It’s going to cost you something, but you won’t ever experience the fullness of His friendship or anything else He has for you until you make Him King. I still fail Him daily, but His mercies are new each day, and His mercy never fails. Today, I have a new profound appreciation for how He loves us all, and with that, He has set a desire in my heart to dig deeper into his word, utilize the tools He gave us and expose every lie the enemy had me trapped in for so many years. Revelation 12:11 says that we overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony and that they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die. True freedom comes when we lose our lives and are born again in Christ.