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The Greatest Prayer Ever Answered
When it comes to the progress of society and our world in general.
I rekon there are two different views about the world.
There are a bunch of people who think the
world is getting better all the time.
Maybe you are one of these people.
You see changes in society, medical breakthroughs, increased education, child mortality rates are down.
This is good right.
And they aren’t even the big ones.
Did you know the Giant Panda was no longer on the endangered list.
That’s amazing.
Go world, go us.
But then there are this other bunch of people.
Who think that despite the Giant Panda wins.
The world is actually getting worse.
The gap between the rich and poor is widening globally.
There’s no community anymore.
Governments have weapons available to
them that could destroy the world.
Diseases are mutating.
Do you even read the news!
I think that no matter where you land on this spectrum.
We can all agree that we want, we desire,
we wish for a better world.
A world where there are no mutating diseases.
Where everyone has enough
Where there is no loneliness or depression.
Where there is no fear of military solutions
We all want a better world.
But the question is, how?
Is a better world possible?
How is it possible?
This is the question at the heart of Psalm 72.
You may have noticed as Bernie/Ellen was reading that Psalm 72 sounds like a prayer.
That’s because it is!
Probably written by David, the King of Israel for Solomon, his Son
or it could be written by Solomon for one of his sons
I think the big thing to see is that this is a prayer for a King.
A Prayer
Imagine with me for a moment.
Close your eyes if it is helpful.
Imagine a whole crowd of people, thousands of people, dressed in traditional Jewish dress walking up a hill toward a city.
This crowd walks through the gates of the city.
And along a path that leads to the palace.
The palace is crowded with people.
They are all looking toward the throne.
There is a man sitting there.
And someone else is placing a crown on his head.
As he does, he prays.
The whole crowd is silent now, listening to this prayer.
This prayer for the king.
And a prayer for the world.
Let’s look at it together.
Come to Psalm 72.
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A Just and Righteous King
Look at verse 1 and 2.
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.
God, give your king justice and righteousness.
May he be a godly man.
May this king do the right thing all the time
and always for the right reasons.
May he treat people the way they deserve.
Don’t you long for this?
I remember when there was a lot of noise about
politicians using private planes to go on ‘working trips’ to exotic locations.
Or perhaps for you it has been the handling of refugees,
or the environment.
The injustice and a lack of loving, upright behaviour can be really upsetting.
How we all long for righteous leaders,
committed to justice rather than self-serving ends.
This prayer asks for that, and more.
2. A King Who Saves
This prayer is for a saving King.
Look at verse 4
May he defend the afflicted among the people
and save the children of the needy;
may he crush the oppressor.
And in verse 12.
For he will deliver the needy who cry out,
the afflicted who have no one to help.
13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy
and save the needy from death.
14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence,
for precious is their blood in his sight.
Lord, give us a leader who will defend the weak and afflicted
rather than the powerful.
Who will save from the oppressor,
rather than collaborate or be the oppressor.
Who sees the weak and the needy as precious.
What a prayer this is for us in the West,
What a prayer this is for Syria right now
or many other parts of the world.
Lord, give us a saving King.
How will he save?
By conquest.
3. A Conqueror King
We saw this in verse 4, He will crush the oppressor.
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