With great power…

ON 6 May, we join with the UK and Commonwealth in acknowledging the coronation of King Charles III, the culmination of his accession to the throne.

After decades observing his mother carry out her duties with consummate dedication it now falls to Charles to carry the responsibilities of office.

However, beyond the pomp and ceremony will be the realities of expectation, to lead, to guide a nation with wisdom and to encourage in times of challenge and adversity.

In these times Charles, as his mother before him, and her father before her, will need to acknowledge and lean upon the supreme sovereignty of God to sustain him.

As we join in the celebrations may we also commit to pray for the King, that he may reign wisely and justly. That he may find the strength of character to oppose injustice and to continue to care for creation. As he and Queen Camilla seek to serve, may they, with each of us strive to respond to the question posed in Micah 6:8. ‘And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.’

MAJOR JULIAN WATCHORN EDITOR

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