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by Sandy Shaw
In Psalm 2 verses 4 to 6, we read of how God reacts to the foolish and folly of rebellious man. We turn our eyes from men to the throne room. God laughs at the puny efforts of man. God is above the malice of man. Man resists feebly only to do himself much harm.
In spite of men God will have His king. In spite of plots and plans and schemes, God will appoint and anoint His man. His King cannot be destroyed because God has set His King and He is established in a solid secure position, and He will reign sovereignly and majestically.
God has set in motion a plan that cannot be thwarted or stopped - nor can it fail - because there is a precious relationship between Father and Son.
Verse 8 - Ask of me. Right in the middle of this Psalm we have this call and invitation to pray. It is a gracious offer.
Verse 9 - we look from the council chamber of the wicked to the throne of God and see the destruction and judgement of those who wanted to destroy the Lord and His Anointed - these rebels and traitors.
If a man will not bend, he must break, and it is certain, irresistible, terrible, complete and irretrievable - like a clay pot.
Our risen living Jesus has authority and some people do not like to think of God as having authority.
Verse 10 - Be wise - be instructed - be open - learn. Here is another gracious appeal. There is only one way out. He warns - and rulers and people do not seem to want to give serious heed to these warnings, but in His mercy there is another inviting opportunity.
Verse 11 - Serve the Lord reverently - with respect - and rejoice with trembling.
Verse 12 - Kiss the Son. God warns, and explains what the outcome will be if we do not do this.
Kiss here is an expression of love and submission - like meeting the Sovereign.
Samuel kissed Saul when he anointed him king.
There is an illustration of this in Luke Chapter 7 verses 37 to 38.
In the first Psalm we read of the contrast between the righteous man and the sinner. Now, it is between tumultuous raging disobedience of the ungodly - and the righteous exaltation of the risen and living Lord Jesus Christ, the King.
In Psalm 1 we read of that righteous man, and here we read of the righteous King of Kings.
Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
Here we see again that our God desires to bless His People. He is always speaking about how He wants to bless people, and this promise remains, as we hide in Him.
He is our shield and our protector. Let that encourage and strengthen and inspire and comfort you, whatever you might be going through and experiencing in these increasing challenging times.
Alexander 'Sandy' Shaw is pastor of Nairn Christian Fellowship in Nairn, Scotland. Nairn is 17 miles east of Inverness - on the Moray Firth Coast - not far from the Loch Ness Monster!
Gifted as a Biblical teacher, Sandy is firmly committed to making sure that his teachings are firmly grounded in the Word.
Sandy has a weekly radio talk which can be heard via the Internet on Saturday at 11:40am, New Orleans time, at wsho.com.
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