In life not every open door or seeming opportunity is yours. The understanding of God's will for your life is paramount. In our theme scripture, after people had seen the miracle of feeding the 5,000 men (not counting women and children) by Jesus they intended to make Him king by force (John 6:14). In the flesh this was an opportunity with special privileges advancing towards Him. But the bible tells us what Jesus did, "withdrew again to the mountain". That means He ran away from such seeming opportunity. Number one, I want you to know that no man would make Him king. He was announced King from birth. The Gospel of Matthew 2:2 records the words of the wise men from east, "Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him". He was born King. Even the prophetic utterances indicated that the Messiah will be king. For example, Zechariah prophesied concerning Christ, "Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass" (Zechariah 9:9).

Additionally, you have to understand that Jesus will reign politically as king in this earth after His return (Zechariah 14:9). But this time He had to die and pay for man's sins and rise from the dead consummating eternal salvation. Yielding to the people's intentions of making Him king as they desired would be in conflict with God's will and purpose. Of course that would offer fleshly and temporal comfort while yielding dire spiritual consequences. Jesus behaved Himself wisely and stayed focused on God's path till He fulfilled all He came for. Be wise with God's wisdom and allow the Holy Spirit to lead you always in the way you should go. Not every opportunity is for you to embrace, some are deadly traps. Jesus Christ remains King not made by men and will rule in this world with a rod of iron (Rev 12:5) and His kingdom shall not pass away (Daniel 7:14). Hallelujah!!!