"My heart is stirred by a noble theme
as I recite my verses for the king" (Psalm 45:1)
The reality of Jesus is a noble theme. I hope that our hearts are stirred.
Being that these psalms are prophetic about Jesus the Messiah and they talk of Him as a king, you wonder what kind of king? Some Jews believed that he will be a political king, one that will provide national freedom for the Jews. But we know that He never was a legal ruler over a nation.
Still, the psalms we read today speak of a victorious king, who will have conquests and will rule over nations. Who's kingdom will be so beautiful that it is likened to a daughter of kings and to a beautiful bride.
What has been amazing for me about the kingdom of the Messiah is that it's not on a geographical map. Jesus is not a monarch. The people in the kingdom are not legal subjects, don't have national passports. Jesus does not conquer all the nations with wars and conquests. His kingdom is not the earthly type. It's all heavenly. What he conquered is the sin of all nations, right? His conquests are concerned with where each and every human stands in relation to God, the Creator of the human. It is concerned with whether a human is an offender to God or a lover of God. If the human wants to be with God or run away from God. This is not a goal striving for a political power on earth. And considering that it's in our blood to be God's offenders (don't you agree?) the King which God gives us is His Son who forgives our sins and offers us a new birth certificate to become sons and daughters of God. He gives His Son who died for and won our salvation.
We read in today's psalms that the King fights for truth, humility, righteousness, justice, holiness, and to exalt God. The King defeats wickedness. These have never been easy concepts for me. They can actually give you a headache, and most of us just prefer to go on with our day than to think about them. But given the curious little beings we are, I'm sure we all wonder about them? What is truth, what is true humility, what does it means to be righteous? Why exalt God? I hope we continue to search for these answers through our reading journey. Weather we never looked for an answer before or whether we've arrived before to a satisfactory understanding, I pray that we all are refreshed with knowledge which come from God, especially about who the Messiah is, what kind of a King he is, and what does it mean to be in his Kingdom. We may never understand God's full plan for the world, but He's given us plenty of words showing us who Jesus is to be for you and I.
"For this God is our God for ever and ever;
he will be our guide even to the end." (Psalm 87 )
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