Friday, February 15, 2008
Spending Valentine's Day With PSALMone Special...

Psalm 45 is a unique psalm compare to all the other previous psalms. It is a wedding song that shows the excellence of the king as he prepares to take a bride. It seems pretty weird at first that this wedding song of such noble theme is found in the book of heartfelt prayers.

We might ask ourselves, ‘why is this poem in psalms and not in another book such as in songs of songs.’ It was even more interesting and timely to discover that this psalm falls on Valentine’s Day.

I felt that God was trying to send a message to all of us. Valentine’s Day for some, may be a day to do something special for your love ones or even just to spend time with them. Similarly, God wants to spend time with you because He loves you and today He wants to remind all of us about the time where Christ will receive the bride.

This psalm may seem like it is only referring to a king’s marriage, but more than that, it really is about God’s marriage to humanity.

V6-7 made sense only when ‘the Anointed’ came in Jesus and it is through verse 6 that we know that the king turns out to be God. A clever and successful king would assure his people of prosperity as well as stable leadership for years to come. Jesus was the king that was referred in psalm 45. His welfare represented the welfare of his people. Hence, v6 says that God’s throne will always last and He will rule His kingdom with justice.

Indeed God saw in His heart from the beginning of time that we were going to shine as His bride even as He offered up His life. Just as the same way someone would do something special for their love ones, God has also did something special for us, something which would perpetuate our memories through all the generations.

Indeed God is really preparing us for the coming of His kingdom, for the wedding that is fitting for a King. Let us as a church, shine as His bride and be anointed with the oil of joy.

Labels: Devotion, PSALM devotions