Seize the Moment – Day 1184
Praises to the King of Kings!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, June 14.
Can you name all the presidents of the United States? Do you remember the great conquerors of world history? While these names are taught and forgot, the name of the King of kings remains ever present on your mind and in your heart. Psalm 72 is a royal psalm, capturing the succession between King David and his son, King Solomon. The title declares it to be, “The Psalm of Solomon,” yet the last verse concludes, “The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended” (20).
This royal psalm points to the Messianic King, who shall reign on the throne of David forever, as Psalm 72:17 declares, “May his name endure forever; may his name increase as long as the sun shines; and let men bless themselves by him; let all nations call him blessed.” As you pray through the description of the king’s reign in Psalm 72, you will find yourself elevated by its descriptions of the king and reminded of the prophet’s proclamation of the coming Messiah in Isaiah 11:1-5 and Isaiah 60-62. Charles Hodge wrote in his Systematic Theology:
The seventy-second Psalm contains a description of an exalted king, and of the blessings of his reign. These blessings are of such a nature as to prove that the subject of the psalm must be a divine person. (1.) His kingdom is to be everlasting. (2.) Universal. (3.) It secures perfect peace with God and good-will among men. (4.) All men are to be brought to submit to Him through love. (5.) In Him all the nations of the earth are to be blessed; … The subject of this psalm, is therefore, the Redeemer of the world.[1]
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 71, meditating upon the eternal kingdom of Jesus Christ – “Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10).
God bless you!
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FOOTNOTE:
[1] Charles Hodge, Systematic Theology, vol. 1 (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997), 491–492.