I’m the Son of a King

Written By Patrick Jordan

I was working on a show the other day, and while behind the stage watching the actors something crossed my mind about how an actor was behaving. The character was royalty, and my thought was that the way their character was behaving was not as if they were royalty.

God spoke to me and said that I was, “The Son of a King.”

I asked Jesus to adopt me at one point, and my wife conveyed to me at one point that Jesus was proud of me and said “That’s my boy!” (which is what my belated grandfather used to say to me, so it felt personal).

My persona, having schizoaffective disorder is very much a battle with depression, (very very rarely a state of pre-psychosis) even being medicated doesn’t take you 100% of the way. So that makes me an overcomer.

Jesus told my wife that mental illness is 20% physical (chemical balances in the brain), 80% spiritual (Spiritual Battle). That checks with me accurately, because when I’m fasting and praying, like reading the bible every day, going through my prayer list, worshipping, talking to God, speaking in tongues, going to a spirit-filled church (found this one recently, and it’s making a huge impact. The first day I attended I had a stye which was swelling my eye almost shut, and it healed during service.), I tend to have a good day not defined by a medical label.

If it’s 80% spiritual, that means that I can worship my way into a better day. because 80 is greater than 20 by 75%, and we all know that you can put 20lbs on one side of a scale and it will quickly tip to that side, but if I then apply the 80lbs to the other side of the scale, then it, even faster than originally weighted, will snap in the other direction, probably even tossing the 20lbs off the scale.

When Jesus said, “You are the son of a King,” I immediately realized the way that I act, of being very timid and turning in on myself, and not talking to people, is very much not the way royalty should behave.

I’ve been telling myself that in social situations now, and I’m much more open. Jesus doesn’t light a candle and put it under a basket, he puts it on a lampstand and it shines throughout all the house (Matthew 5:15).

As stated in 1 Peter 2:9, Romans 8:14-17, Ephesians 1:5, John 1:12, etc… we are now part of his family, and if he is a king, that makes us royalty, and we should not be afraid to be us openly.

Patrick Jordan

Patrick is the lead guitar instructor and songwriting instructor at Rosendale’s 88 Keys Academy.

Originally from Lexington, South Carolina, Patrick has lived in several places including Washington, DC, and Los Angeles, California. Patrick now resides in Woodland, California with his family.

Patrick first began his journey with guitar when he was 10 years old, and has now been playing guitar and writing songs for 26 years. Patrick originally taught himself guitar. Patrick has performed his original music throughout the years for churches, audiences at Potbelly restaurants in Washington, DC, Sony Music talent agents, busking at the Santa Monica Pier, touring in the Los Angeles region, and throughout a musician residency with the House of Blues on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. Patrick was also a Worship Pastor while living in Los Angeles.

Patrick began teaching music and guitar after graduating from Clemson University with a BA in Production Studies in Performing Arts. Patrick created his own guitar teaching business, was a music teacher for an alternative school, and taught music, guitar, acting, and film production at a performing arts center in Lexington, South Carolina. Patrick is also a School Outreach Educator for the Woodland Opera House and teaches Musical Theatre.

Patrick teaches guitar and songwriting for all levels, starting at age 7, exclusively at Rosendale’s 88 Keys Academy in Woodland, California. Patrick teaches lessons on Tuesday, and Thursday, as well as Music Circle on Friday evenings.

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