The Passing of the Throne

Verses: Psalms 72: 1 - 20

Song inspired by the chapter:  Song has been uploaded from YouTube.com and is not my original.

My thoughts about the verses:

David knows his days are at an end.  He has dreamed of the moment when his heirs would lead to the salvation of the people.  He had been promised that through his children the Messiah would come. He was ending his days knowing that the will of God would come true despite all the obstacles that people had set before him in his life.

He prays for his beloved son Solomon.  He prays that he is in essence a reflection of the Messiah that would come.  That he would feed those that hungered.  He prayed that he would take care of the needy.  He desired that the people of the land would pay tribute to him.  He was set on the fact that his son would bring the world one step closer to the one that had come to set them all free.

Imagine for a second being in David’s sandals.  Here was a man that was a great king.  He had led the Israelites and they were now prosperous.  They were better off than they had been in a very long time.  Yet, David wanted more for the people.  He was not content with what had happened in his lifetime.  He had seen wars, uprising and betrayals by his own family members.  He had witnessed death of those that he had held dear.  He knew that Peace was the solution and he knew that the only one who could bring that was the Messiah.

I am certain that he did not think that Solomon was the chosen one.  Yet, he knew that his son would have to produce heirs for the promised one to come.  His job in this moment is to attempt to bless Solomon with the things that he did not have.  He wished him the peace and the tranquility that he longed for.  He worshipped God and gave his son over to the Creator to make him suitable as the heir of the throne.

Solomon would do things that David only dreamed of.  The temple would be built and the peace would come.  It would not last forever because his heirs would desert their ways.  Yet, Solomon truly loved God with all of his heart.  He asked and received wisdom.  He could have had anything yet he wanted to be able to rule with the Wisdom of God’s protection.  In all reality Solomon’s reign would be more prosperous than David’s.  He did not stray from his mission of being the King and Peacemaker that the community needed.  He judged fairly and was well respected.

Yet, Solomon was not like the Messiah that people waited for.  The Messiah would come and break the shackles of sin.  The Messiah would be praised forever and ever.  It is amazing if yon think about it this way.  The Messiah was praised before the birth and is still praised today.  The entire world needed was fulfilled through the Messiah. 

Yet, there were many milestones along the way that led to the moment that Jesus would take the crown upon a cross.  The reign of David is influential because through this the people were united.  The reign of Solomon led to the building of the temple.  Yet, it is the fact that they had children and those children led to Joseph the father of Jesus.  That is their greatest accomplishment.   Jesus birth through the line of David had been predicted and would come true no matter what.

Prayer:

Dear God thank you for sending the Messiah to save us from our own transgressions.  Dear Precious Savior we thank you for willingly going to the cross to die for us.  We offer up our gratitude to the one that broke the shackles of sin.  We ask that you help us worship you now and forever.  In the Name of the Messiah we pray. Amen

Questions:

Imagine for a second what it would be like if the Messiah had not come to the Earth?  Have you accepted Jesus into your heart?  Have you heard the God of wisdom of peace talking to you in your times of despair?  Do you know that you are worthy for the love of God?  God only wants you to ask to receive the gift of everlasting life.  Is today the day you make that choice?