"A Prayer for the King"

Psalms 72: [A Psalm for Solomon.]
Okay, so I'm not perfect; and neither was Solomon, or David, or Moses, or even Noah; but I know somebody that was, and is, and always will be! This might be ascribed to Solomon, but according to the Red Stars next to almost every verse in my Bible, this is about Jesus, the KING of KING'S! It is pretty neat how this Psalm follows after that last one; because if you stop and think about God's promise to David, his elder years, and the fact that God's promise was not predicated upon David's performance, then this is perfect for how anyone would like to prepare to depart this world; vindicated and validated! And the most amazing thing of all, is that it was not based upon David's promise or performance, it was based upon God's! I am so glad that God does not hold me accountable to my promises I make to Him. I would have been struck down a hundred times, or more, if God was holding me to my word; especially those times when I used that term, "You can strike me down, if I fail to keep this promise, O God." We often fail to realize how blessed we are to be part of something that is far greater than our greatest failures; instead, we often back down from the challenge of standing upon God's promises, due to our performances; as if God spoke out of turn, or made a mistake in His choice of character. Don't think for a moment that God does not know everything there is to know about you, because He does! He knows every hair upon your head, every thought within your head, and every intention of your heart. So, if God has chosen you, then He did so knowing full well about all of your failures, way before you failed at anything! Only God is Holy! Only God is perfect and never makes mistakes; He can't make any mistakes, because He knows everything; He knows the end even before the beginning, so there is nothing that we can do that catches Him off guard, or throws Him for a loop. We, on the other hand, don't even know the evil that we are capable of doing; we might think that we do, and we might deny that there are certain sins within us; but push come to shove, we are capable of just about anything. We are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners; which means that we are sinful because sin lives within us. Even our greatest intentions aren't good enough to keep us from falling; if they were, then Jesus would not had to come and die for us. God had to do it the way that He did because there was no other way that we could be saved; He had to save us because we could never save ourselves...
"So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe. That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, "I have made you the father of many nations." This happen because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing. Even when there was no reason for hole, Abraham kept hoping - believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him, "That's how many descendants you will have!" And Abraham's faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body was as good as dead -and so was Sarah's womb. Abraham never wavered in believing God's promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God. He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever He promises. And because of Abraham's faith, God counted him as righteous. And when God counted him as righteous, it wasn't just for Abraham's benefit. It was recorded for our benefit, too, assuring us that God will also count us as righteous if we believe in Him, the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was handed over to die because of our sins, and He was raised to life to make us right with God." (Romans 4:16-25) NLT