I recently went through a spiritual experience and wrote down 33 messages inspired by my journey with God. This is the seventh of those messages – The King Who Had Everything. I hope it helps you.
There was once a king who had everything he could wish for.
A giant castle full of every possession he wanted, a huge stable full of beautiful horses, and all the land as far as the eye could see.
He spent his days eating luxurious foods whilst being attended to by servants, drinking alcohol with his men and sleeping with gorgeous women.
But he was never happy. When he’d walk through the castle he’d say “I need more things.”
When he’d walk through the stable he’d say “I need more horses.”
And when he’d drink with his men and sleep with his women, he’d say “I need more drink, I need more men and I need more women.”
Then one day an army came and stole all his possessions.
They set fire to his castle and burned down his barn.
They killed his horses and took over his land.
And they slaughtered his men and kidnapped his women.
The king managed to escape to a nearby forest and after weeping about the loss of his people, he laid under the shelter of some trees and said “I need to sleep” and so he covered himself with his robe and slept.
In the morning when he woke, he said “I need to drink” and so he walked to a nearby river to quench his first.
He then stood up from the river and said “I need to eat” so he caught a fish and ate.
The king then sat himself down and suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of peace that he’d never felt before. “All I need right now is God” he said.
