Colossians 1:9 That is why we keep on talking to God about you since the day we heard about you. We ask him that you may know everything he wants you to do. We ask him that you may be very wise and that the Spirit will help you to understand.
10 We ask him that you will live the way the Lord wants you to live, so that you will please him in everything you do. We ask that you will do everything that is good. We ask that you will see the fruit from what you do. We ask that you will know more and more about God.11 God has wonderful power. And we ask him to give you all the strength you need to go through all your troubles, to be very patient in them, and to be happy.
12 Thank the Father who has made us ready to be with the people of God who live in his light.
Day 22—In the Psalms we have great rejoicing, much in prophecy foretelling the advent of the Messiah. |
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Some years ago, the Lord spoke to my heart that I was to spend time with Psalm 2, with the expectation that the promise contained therein—from the Lord God to His Anointed Son—would become more firmly written in my mind than even the memory of my own name. He said the time might come when I would stutter and stammer when asked to tell who I was, but never was I to forget that He had promised nations, even the uttermost parts of the earth, to His Son. What a powerful Messianic Psalm this is!
As we look at the conclusion of the Psalm, we find five imperatives issued to rulers of the nations. Take note of them here in Psalms 2:10-12. One of these Imperatives is rejoice. It will be well for us to acquaint ourselves with all of them.
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings.—Give yourselves over to the wisdom that comes from God.
be instructed, ye judges of the earth.—Let the knowledge of the Lord, born of His Spirit, fill your heart as you administer justice.
Serve the LORD with fear.—The fear of God promotes spiritual joy; it is the morning star which ushers in the sunlight of comfort (C.H. Spurgeon). One Thomas Watson, in 1660, said “God mingles joy with fear, that fear may not be slavish.” This means that fear will not hold you as its slave.
rejoice with trembling.— We rejoice in the settling of Christ’s Kingdom. We regard it with a holy awe of Him and a holy fear for ourselves, lest we come short in the tender concern He holds for the many precious souls to whom the Gospel of His Kingdom is sent.
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and ye perish from the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.—This is a kiss of reconciliation so that there will be no judgment against us in the Day when He comes to judge all nations.
DEAR SAVIOR, I rejoice in the salvation You bring. I rejoice in the Kingdom into which You are bringing us. I stand in awe that Your grace would allow such as we are to share with You in Your Kingdom. Please let the rule of Your Kingdom reach into the innermost parts of my own soul. Bring its convicting power upon these I hold before You.
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