Deaf Devotion 6/27/2009

“For the Lord declares, ‘I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.’” Psalm 2:6 NLT

The kingdoms of this world are being moved around like pawns on a chessboard, but soon God is going to move His Son to His rightful place as King and say, "Crown Him King of kings!" How many times have we prayed, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven" without thinking about what we are really saying? Do we think God’s will is being done on earth as it is in heaven? Look around at the crime, rape, murder, child abuse, and blasphemy. Is that God’s will? Of course it is not. Do you think Jesus Christ would have taught us to pray a prayer that will not be answered? If we pray for God’s Kingdome to come with Jesus as the King of Kings, expect it to happen. God does not break promises and God will answer the prayer He taught us to say. God is going to move Jesus to His rightful place on the throne and say to us, "Crown Him King!"

Some critics of the Bible have assumed that this passage is about King David. The reason they assume this is because they can’t get past the possibility that something could have been written about Jesus so many years before He was born. The only problem with connecting this passage with someone like David is that Psalm 2 is speaking about a King whose reign will be over all the kings of the earth and it will be eternal. Last I checked King David is still in his grave.

So do we see God hiding in a corner of the universe because of the nation’s hatred for Him? Is he easily overthrown? Was Jesus a moral teacher who became a victim of the anger of an angry mob? ABSOLUTELY NOT! At the very root of sin is the desire to reject the sovereign rule of God for the purpose of placing one’s own will on the throne.

There is coming a day, when Christ will return! He is coming back! Things might seem hopeless. With every rotation of our planet we human beings demonstrate just how wicked we can be, but things will not always be that way. On one of the darkest days of history Jesus stood before the Sanhedrin, the religious “leaders.” Their goal was to find a way to kill Jesus. They were demanding an answer about who He claimed to be. Jesus is clear in his response. “Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Well, aren’t you going to answer these charges? What do you have to say for yourself?” But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I demand in the name of the living God—tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.” Jesus replied, “You have said it. And in the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God’s right hand and coming on the clouds of heaven.” (Matthew 26:62-64 NLT)

Jesus, as King, was born in the flesh to die so that we would be forgiven and have the promise of eternal life. He is coming again as King to judge the living and the dead. The Jesus whom we worship is not the Jesus of earthly imagination. Jesus is the Messiah promised in the Bible. Jesus is our Blessed Redeemer. Jesus is the Son of God and the King of Kings! Bow down, worship and crown HIM King.