Read Psalm 89:1-4 & 19-26
O Lord,
I will always sing of your constant love;
I will proclaim your faithfulness for ever.
2 I know that your
love will last for all time,
that your faithfulness is as permanent as the sky.
3 You said, “I have
made a covenant with the man I chose;
I have promised my servant David,
4 ‘A descendant of
yours will always be king;
I will preserve your dynasty for ever.’ ”
19 In a vision long ago
you said to your faithful servants,
“I have given help to a famous soldier;
I have given the throne to one I chose from the people.
20 I
have made my servant David king
by anointing him with holy oil.
21 My strength will
always be with him,
my power will make him strong.
22 His enemies will
never succeed against him;
the wicked will not defeat him.
23 I will crush his
foes
and kill everyone who hates him.
24 I will love him and
be loyal to him;
I will make him always victorious.
25 I will extend his
kingdom
from the Mediterranean to the River Euphrates.
26 He will say to me,
‘You are my father and my God;
you are my protector and saviour.’
Think
Jesus fulfills God's promise
to David in a way that no one had ever dreamed.
He takes up his place, enthroned at the right hand of God.
God hardly ever fulfills his
promises to us in the way we expect him to.
Pray
Lord, for thousands of years
the world waited for someone like Jesus to be enthroned. He is enthroned at your right hand - but it
is up to us to belong to him. Help us to
surrender to you today.
Amen
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