Psalm 72
Wow! What a prayer for the king! I don’t think I’ve ever prayed a prayer even
remotely like this for our queen, it normally ends up being something like,
“thank you Lord for our queen, please bless her and give her, umm,
wisdom...amen.”
But what I really
like about this psalm is how it’s blessing, and a prayer, and a declaration
too. This is speaking about the ideal
king, the king without the blunders. It
goes from mere boring requests to bold declarations about what the king and his
kingdom will be like. In verses 9-14
there is a section of declarations, these are things that will
happen! They’re not requests. How bold
is this prayer!?
But of course in the
idealism of this king, we can see another more perfect king. The King.
King Jesus. All the things in
this psalm are only truly going to be fulfilled in God’s Kingdom, but in His
kingdom, this is normal! We can rest
assured that Jesus’ reign will be refreshing like spring rain (v6), when we let
Jesus rule us, this is what our life looks like. There isn’t space here, but maybe you could
note down all the blessings in this psalm, that’s what life with the Lord is
like.
So maybe I should
pray more like this for our queen, but more importantly, we should pray like
this about the Kingdom. Even if we just
echo v8, may Jesus reign in everyone, across all known boundaries!
(member of the youth
ministry team)