I AM EVERY INCH A KING AND A PRIEST

 I AM EVERY INCH A KING AND A PRIEST

Let this truth settle into the marrow of your soul: you are not an accident, not an afterthought, not merely surviving. You have been crowned with purpose and anointed for glory. From the foundation of the world, a title was written beside your name—a title you did not earn, but was bestowed upon you by the blood of the Lamb.

"And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." (Revelation 1:6)

Do you hear the magnitude of that declaration? Hath made us. It is finished. It is accomplished. You are not becoming a king and priest. You are not hoping to be one. You are. You stand now, today, every inch a sovereign and a sanctuary.

Look at your hands—these are the hands of a king. They are not the hands of a beggar, fumbling for scraps from life’s table. You have been given a scepter of authority. "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:6). You rule from a throne of grace. Your domain is your spirit, your mind, your circumstances. You have been given dominion, not to lord over others in arrogance, but to rule over the chaos, to subdue the lies of the enemy, to decree peace in the storm, and to establish the kingdom of light in every dark corner you encounter. You are called to reign in life (Romans 5:17). Walk like it. Speak like it.

Now, feel the weight upon your shoulders—this is the mantle of a priest. You are not a stranger, groveling outside the temple, hoping for a glimpse of the Holy. You wear the ephod of intercession. You have been brought near. "Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ" (1 Peter 2:5). Your very life is the altar. Your prayers are the incense rising before the throne. You stand in the gap, you bear the burdens, you speak blessing and life. You have the right—the sacred, blood-bought right—to enter the Holiest of All, to come boldly before the King of Kings, not as a subject, but as a son, as a priest of your own household (Hebrews 4:16).

This dual crown is your identity. The enemy will whisper that you are a fraud, a pauper, unclean, unworthy. He will point to your failures and call you a slave. But lift your head and answer with the Word: I am a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people (1 Peter 2:9). My flaws do not define me; my Father’s decree does. My past does not anoint me; Christ’s sacrifice does.

You carry the authority of the King to command mountains to move. You carry the compassion of the Priest to heal the brokenhearted. You are both warrior and worshiper, sovereign and servant, a vessel of power and a vessel of mercy.

So today, when the world tries to shrink you, remember your stature. When shame tries to stain you, remember your anointing. You are not just scraping by. You are governing. You are not just praying. You are ministering in the heavenly court.

Go forth now, into your home, your work, your trials, and your triumphs, with this truth echoing in your spirit: You are every inch a King. You are every inch a Priest. This is who you are. This is why you are here. Now, go and live—and rule, and intercede—in the glorious, liberating power of that truth.

To Him who loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS… to Him be glory and dominion, forever. Amen.

© January 13, 2026

Pastor Emmanuel Obu 

The Apostle of Joy