Do you remember the story about David bringing up the ark to Jerusalem? Do you remember the efforts that David expended on doing this right? (2 Chronicles 15) Do you remember how he established the services in the tabernacle in Jerusalem? (2 Chronicles 16) Do you remember how he subsequently felt compelled to build a solid temple for God in Jerusalem? (2 Chronicles 17) Do you remember how God responded to David’s desire, and all his abovementioned efforts, with a promise to establish an everlasting dynasty for David with a promise of blessing for his descendants? In Psalm 132 the psalmist, a Judean king, asks God to remember all these things. Why? To ask God to remember something is to appeal to a promise that God had made and to ask for a demonstration of his faithfulness. If a Judean king can find a strong appeal in a promise that God made to David, how much more can we now find a strong appeal in the promise that God made in Jesus Christ, the greater son of David. It is in Christ that the promise of verse 11 is ultimately fulfilled. And it is to the covenant in Christ that we can appeal in our prayer. When we pray, we can ask God to answer us, not just for our sake, but for Jesus’ sake. We can ask God to remember Christ and all that he endured to secure the blessing and favour of God for us. This is the ultimate appeal and this is what faith, at its best does: it trusts in the faithfulness of God.
Present your requests to God and ask God to show you his faithfulness for Jesus’ sake.
Read Psalm 132.
