August 17, 2011 – Psalms 45 - 47

I have that this reading goes before the next because we will have the naming of Christ, but I really didn’t see where that was in these three Psalms. It does have a great deal about the King over all and the adoration due to that King, so it goes along with the Magi coming and adoring Christ. Think about the Jews before Christ and when they looked at Psalms like 46 and waited for this King to come that would be so remarkable. The way Christ did come makes me think of that newer Christian song about asking “what if its Him”. Or the song “Strange way to save the World”, (not sure if that is what the title is) but both songs bring out this idea that this is not what Israel was expecting. Yet, throughout the Bible, God takes the weak and uses it in mighty ways, to show that it is not human power but God’s power that is in control. For as powerful as Christ was, God had to start Him as humbly as powerful to continue to give us that example. If Christ had been born into power and wealth, what He accomplished by the power of God would not have been as significant.