
Nothing less would have extorted such an acknowledgment from those proud  Egyptians. They were willing to serve their saviour. No doubt, had there been no  provision made by Joseph, the streets would have been filled by emaciated  skeletons picking their way feebly amid the heaps of the dying and the dead.  Gratitude brought them into the dust before him who held the keys of the  granaries.
The kingdom of Christ is a matter of supreme importance to  individuals and the world. - He is not ambitious of power for its own sake; but  that He may be able to exercise it more fully for our benefit, and that He may  finally render up the kingdom to God, even His Father, that God may be all in  all. He will never, therefore, be perfectly satisfied till He has triumphantly  entered all closed gates, as King.
His kingdom is given Him by the glad  choice of those whom He had blessed and saved. - The song of heaven reflects  this thought: "Thou art worthy, for thou wast slain." His empire depends on the  sacrifice by which He has saved a multitude whom no man can number. Meditate  much on the love of Calvary, and you too will feel that His empire should begin  with your heart, and hasten to subdue the kingdoms of the world.
When He  becomes king, He still further blesses us. - The first hour of Joseph's supreme  power was the beginning of Egypt's brightest days. The Egyptians could not do so  well for themselves as he for them. We shall never know the real blessedness of  living, its peace and joy and strength, till we have utterly surrendered to  Christ's supremacy. To serve such a Master utterly is to drink of the river of  perfect blessedness.