Eternal Beings

DEVOTION

PSALMS

ETERNAL BEINGS

Ps 72:1-7

Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.  2 He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice. 3 The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. 4 He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor. 5 He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations. 6 He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth. 7 In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more.

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At first it appears this is Solomon’s song, but looking to the end it is clear this is a prayer of David for his son Solomon, but also is prophetic regarding Christ. We can see how David would say these things in his last days after he had his son anointed as king over Israel. Yet the idea of a man being king till the moon is no more either is hyperbole or speaks directly about Christ. There is more of this as we progress through this psalm, but for now we want to see if anything can be applied to our daily life. What spiritual truth can we apply here that impacts us? Certainly we have to know that righteousness is all about Jesus, for he is our righteousness. If this is the case, and it is, we need to know that we have none, there is not a shred of righteousness within us. All this is about how Jesus treats us. We might think that Solomon is the subject of all these requests or definitions of what he will be like when he is king, Solomon did ask God for wisdom, and he was considered the wisest of all men, but with all that wisdom he was still influenced by all his wives to worship other gods. He fell from grace as it were, by the wiles of the world. So he wasn’t so wise after all. He was not righteous, he did not judge with righteousness. He did not save the children of the needy and he did not crush the oppressor for the oppressor got the better of him in the end. No this is about Jesus. We surely cannot ever compare ourselves to the likes of Solomon, as he was called wise and he was very wealthy indeed and he was a king. We are more like a drop in the ocean, a speck of dust in the air, a blade of grass in a huge pasture. Who are we that God is mindful of us? Yet he knows and counts the number of our hairs. He dwells in us, we are the temple of the Holy Spirit, and Jesus died for us. No greater love exists. But still we should not think more highly of our selves then we should. Jesus is the king of justice, he is the royal son of righteousness and Jesus judges us in righteousness. We are afflicted and our affliction is sin. Jesus has taken that affliction and cleansed us so we are as white as snow, as pure as fresh fallen snow. What peace and contentment we find in these words which define how Jesus reigns in our lives. Consider how sweet it is to be like a fresh mown field with Jesus lighting raining upon us. He waters us, with springs of living water, the flow up within us and pour forth out onto others. This is flourishing, prosperity and abounding with the righteousness of Christ till the moon is no more. That means there is no end to our life in Christ, and there is no retirement from our overflowing with his springs of living water. We are already eternal beings filled with the righteousness of God.