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Jesus is…
The Royal Son
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SCRIPTURE READING:
Psalm 72:1-7
Endow the king with your justice, O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
May he judge your people in righteousness,
your afflicted ones with justice.
May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
the hills the fruit of righteousness.
May he defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy;
may he crush the oppressor.
May he endure[a] as long as the sun,
as long as the moon, through all generations.
May he be like rain falling on a mown field,
like showers watering the earth.
In his days may the righteous flourish
and prosperity abound till the moon is no more.
SIGNIFICANCE:
The LORD JESUS CHRIST, God’s divine Son, by becoming one of us has become the King of all.
Dear Father, I rejoice that Christ is the true Royal Son. I love to think about how He is Your one and only divine Son, and the final earthly son (descendant and heir) in the line of King David and all the other Biblical patriarchs under Your eternal covenant with Abraham. I humbly praise Jesus, the Royal Son of God and Son of Man. I exalt Christ that He is endowed with all the powers and attributes of You, His Royal Father, and that all things are possible with Him. I praise Him that His kingdom has no limits, and no end. All glory to Jesus that He will reign through all generations with perfect justice, righteousness, prosperity, defense of the afflicted, salvation of the needy, crushing of all oppressors, and endurance. I rejoice that His government and His rule bears much fruit. I pray that You will rise up within me and the whole Church, a burning passion to know the vastness of the Royal Son, and to subject ourselves to Him without limit. In that spirit, I commit to a pledge to King Jesus that is similar to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance: “I pledge my highest allegiance to the Royal Son, and to the kingdom which He rules, one Church under Him, with liberty and justice for all.” In His righteous name I pray these things. Amen.
