WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF PRAISING OUR KING

READ PSALM 89

IF JESUS CHRIST IS OUR KING, OUR LIVES ARE CHANGED!

Psalm 89:1-4

I will sing of the steadfast love of the LORD, forever;

with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.

For I said, “Steadfast love will be built up forever;

in the heavens you will establish your faithfulness.”

You have said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one;

I have sworn to David my servant:

‘I will establish your offspring forever,

and build your throne for all generations.’” Selah

The writer is praising the LORD and making sure that all generations know his God.

The eternal creator God, the One Who sustains all, had made a promise that could not be broken, because it was based on His faithfulness.

God had promised that the kingdom of David would be established forever. His reign would never cease.

We know that this promise was fulfilled when David’s descendant, Jesus Christ, came to earth. We have the privilege of worshiping the King of Kings!

Mark 15:1-2

And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered him, “You have said so.”

How wonderful it is for us to know that Jesus is King forever. Jesus will reign forever based on His faithfulness and not ours. We fail so often, but we are assured of His faithfulness.

Philippians 2:9-11

Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

We have the privilege of confessing that Christ is King. But notice that this confession implies a response in our lives. We must bow.

What does this mean?

We must bow in reverence. Our lives should exemplify that we recognize that Jesus is God and that His character is majestic. He is holy! As we recognize that, we can only have the same reaction that Isaiah had.

Isaiah 6:1-7

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said:

        “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts;

        the whole earth is full of his glory!”

And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”

Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”

       

As we approach the Eternal King, we can only recognize our utter unworthiness to be in His presence and the incredible privilege we have of calling Him our king.

It also means that He is our Lord!

Too many professing Christian are satisfied with calling Christ their king, without humbly submitting their lives to Him as their Lord, their Master.

No one who has no desire to submit to His reign and obey His commands can truly worship the Lord Jesus Christ. Yes, we rejoice that our relationship with Christ is based on His faithfulness, but we must also  fully acknowledge Him as our Lord.

1 John 3:9-10

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God. By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

       

What a privilege we have to know and worship the eternal King, but let us not forget that our lives must be different from those who do not. May our witness of changed hearts be clear, and cause others to praise God.