THE KING AND I
Psalm 20, 21
“You have granted him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. You came to greet him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head. He asked you for life, and you gave it to him— length of days, for ever and ever.”
In the Psalms, the king is usually David, of whom God said in 2 Samuel 7: “This is what the Lord Almighty says: I took you from the pasture, from tending the flock, and appointed you ruler over my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the greatest men on earth. And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed.”
The king is the focal point for his people. As the king is blessed, so the people enjoy God’s goodness.
However, from David will come a greater King. “He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he will be my son.” (2 Samuel 7). He is our King and as we read in these two Psalms, God will grant him complete victory over his enemies, answer his every prayer, grant his heart’s desire and bestow on him life, abundant and eternal.
We should know that as Jesus is our King, so we enjoy all that God grants him.
This is not about prosperity, as we can easily misunderstand. But we should know that these things that God grants to our King bring us victory over sin, the full support and love of God, and unending blessings so that life is filled with the joy of his presence.
Do you believe this? Or do you think it is only for specially chosen ones? How can we enjoy this life that the king did?
“Surely you have granted him unending blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence. For the king trusts in the Lord; through the unfailing love of the Most High he will not be shaken.”