"King Maker"

"The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts." (Psalms 72:10) First of all, I want to say that I am sorry for being a little off these last few days; let me blame it on the lack of sleep, and we will just leave it at that. That said; the Lord is never off on anything, ever! He is always just waiting on us to open up our hearts; to stop playing around, and to say, Please, take my life and make it yours! As for this verse and these kings, you could spend all day looking up their origins and trying to discover any connection or meaning to these places, but I am thinking it has more to do about independents and wealth than it does about locations. Besides that, if David was making this Psalm as a dedication to Solomon, then this would be more about respect than it would anything else. But, as I said, there is a red star next to this verse in my Bible, which indicates it's more about Jesus; whether or not David intended it to be so, really does not matter, it is what God intended that matters; after all, this is His Book written through the hearts of men, men who were listening to the voice of God. Not that it has not been said before, but Solomon was the son born from Bathsheba, the woman that David murdered a man over. Say what you will, but if you really want to get technical, choosing Solomon to built the Temple was a pretty strange gesture on God's behalf, considering the reason He gave David for not letting him build it. Not that Solomon had anything to do with what David did with his mother; but if you really wanted to get right down to it, what did we have to do with Adam's disobedience in the garden? One thing is for sure, God has a way of making His point known, whether it's through Adam, or David, or even Manasseh, the Bible clearly teaches that the consequences of the sins of ancestors do affect later generations; which also explains the reason for the Day of Judgment, because you are not through with your sin after you die, your sin keeps on doing damage way after you're gone. But God, the awesome God that He is, has so much more mercy than we could ever need; no matter what kind of sin we have committed, or how much has been accounted to us, God's way of redemption takes all of it out of the way! Do you get what that means? I AM FORGIVEN!!! You can not get any more forgiven than that! So, the real purpose of this verse is about special offerings to the KING OF KINGS, our King and our God; what can I offer Him besides my heart... "Oh, how great are God's riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand His decisions and His ways! For who can know the LORD'S thoughts? Who knows enough to give Him advice? And who has given Him so much that He needs to pay it back? For everything comes from Him and exists by His power and is intended for His glory. All glory to Him forever! Amen. And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice -the kind He will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him. Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." (Romans 11:33-12:2) NLT