Head-dibs

"Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; the peoples fall under you." (Psalm 45:5) This love song penned by the Sons of Korah gush from the heart to the pen to the page, lavishing adoration for this glorious and beautiful King and his stunning bride. The last few days we’ve been trying to wrap our minds around the glory of this magnificent King, His most notable feature being that He makes Himself enjoyable to everyone who receives the graces He extends; otherwise, they make themselves His enemy and they experience Him in less enjoyable ways. Who are the King’s enemies? Those who chose to live against His kingdom of grace, of truth and humility and rightness. The king’s enemies receive justice as they chose to reject His standard for their own. They cannot enjoy the benefits of His Kingdom and be hostile to His grace. But what is an arrow? Are they literal arrows? Could they perhaps be something else? There’s another passage that may help us answer ...

Early this month, our brother Scott helped us remember how “ God loves Mules, but Don’t Be One ” from Psalm 32:8-11. Thanks, Scott. I came across this poem by Marion Susan Campbell: “I thought is strange He asked for me, And bade me carry Him; The noblest one of all the earth Into Jerusalem! But rumor goes He loves the meek And such on him might call; That may be why He trusted me, The humblest beast of all. Yet though He was so great and wise, Unequaled in His might, I scarcely knew I bore a King, So light He rode—so light! They sang Hosannah in the streets, But I have heard men say The only time they praised their King Was when He rode that day. Men pushed and shouted all around, The air was thick with cries; They spread their garments at my feet, And palms before my eyes. They strewed the narrow road with boughs, And barred my path again— But the tenderest hand I ever felt Was on my bridle chain.” Charles Spurgeon gives us the following thought in his incredible sermon, “The Lowly ...