Ep 115: Bee Like the King

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Do we need to change our 
attitudes by replacing our king?

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Let's talk about that in just a 
bit. 

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Welcome to the show. 
I'm Daniel Dowd, your chauffeur,

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your narrator, and I'm thankful 
you've chosen to listen to my 

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little show this morning. 
And that little show is this 

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one. 
And it's for Your Sunday Morning

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Drive, a short podcast where we 
deliver some devotional thoughts

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on your drive to church to give 
you drive for worship, and where

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we try to build a mental bridge 
from the secular to the 

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spiritual. 
Thanks for being here. 

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I hope you have your Bible, your
coffee and your car keys in 

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hand. 
Let's go ahead and get the show 

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on the road. 
This is episode 115. 

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Be like the King. 
Let's go to church. 

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While caught up in the 
doomscroll of social media late 

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one night, I stumbled across the
content creator who focuses 

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primarily on beekeeping. 
The video in question had to 

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deal with what they call a hot 
hive or a colony of particularly

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aggressive bees, and as someone 
who has had a lifelong history 

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of aversion to flying, stinging 
insects. 

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An aversion bordering on phobia,
mind you. 

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My first instinct was to scroll 
away immediately, but I gave it 

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a chance and he went on to 
explain that the solution in 

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some cases is to re queen the 
hive and in doing so change the 

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temperament of the bees. 
After a quick phone call to a 

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beekeeper friend of mine. 
Thanks Kelsey. 

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She told me that it's a sound 
practice, Not immediate, but 

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sound. 
She said if you dispose of the 

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old queen and introduce a new 
one, once the old genetics have 

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worked their way out of the 
hive, the whole attitude of the 

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colony changes. 
Truly an example of top down 

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influence. 
In other words, put the right 

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queen on the throne and her 
subjects fall in line. 

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You can probably see where I'm 
going with this, but just in 

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case I'll state it plainly. 
Does the attitude of our hive 

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match that of the one who sits 
on the throne? 

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No, not a queen bee, but a King 
Jesus. 

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Not a hive, but a church. 
I dare say we've all encountered

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congregations and surely 
individual Christians that had a

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little more sting to them than 
we see portrayed by the King of 

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Kings and the Lord of Lords. 
Maybe you, dear listener, have 

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been stung by one such mean 
spirited Christian or even 

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swarmed by an I'll tempered 
congregation and if that's the 

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case, I'm sorry. 
More than likely, if that's the 

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case, it would be worth 
examining if their attitude is 

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really in line with that of 
Jesus or if someone else sits on

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the throne of their hearts. 
Christian, let's also take a 

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hard look at ourselves this 
morning because scripture is 

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very clear on who our attitude 
and mindset should come from. 

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Paul writes this in Philippians 
chapter 2 verses one through 5. 

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Therefore, if there is any 
encouragement in Christ, if 

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there is any consolation of 
love, if there is any fellowship

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of the Spirit, if any affection 
and compassion, make my joy 

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complete by being of the same 
mind, maintaining the same love,

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united in spirit, intent on one 
purpose, do nothing from selfish

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or empty conceit, but with 
humility of mind regard one 

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another as more important than 
yourselves. 

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Do not merely look out for your 
own personal interests, but also

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for the interests of others. 
Have this attitude in yourselves

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which was also in Christ Jesus. 
Unity, compassion, love, 

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fellowship, humility, community.
That is the mind of Christ, that

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is the attitude, the temperament
we should seek. 

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And if that isn't what we 
exhibit, or who we are, and if 

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it isn't integral to the 
identity of our congregations, 

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maybe we've put something or 
someone on a throne meant only 

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for Christ. 
If so, take the ever present 

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opportunity to change, to RE 
King the hive, so to speak. 

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Because when we submit to Him, 
when we follow His lead as an 

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example, when we shine after His
pattern as lights in the world, 

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people will notice not for our 
glory, but for His. 

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And they'll want to know what 
all the buzz is about. 

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Make sure it's about our good 
King Jesus. 

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Let's be like Him. 
Well, those are my thoughts for 

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you on this Sunday morning 
drive. 

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Now, as always, it's time to 
hear yours. 

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Our discussion questions for 
this week are what or who is 

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currently sitting on the throne 
of your heart and how is that 

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shaping your attitude towards 
others? 

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Have you ever been stung by a 
fellow Christian? 

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How did you respond and what can
you learn from that experience? 

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Have you ever done the stinging 
yourself? 

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And if your congregation were 
known for one defining attitude,

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what would you want it to be and
what can you do this week to 

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help cultivate it? 
Hey, thank you for listening. 

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Thank you for taking some time 
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day to right along with us. 
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