Psalm 72

All the lonely, sick, and grieving people in this world... All those who have no particular fame, and who feel like no one even knows who they are...

Is there anyone in charge who cares about them?

There is a Son of David, a King, who reigns. He came to save, and He is coming again with perfect justice. We pray for His role as the true Ruler over all the earth, and we ask that He would notice all of those that seem to miss the attention of people around them, all of those who long for love and have not found it. We ask the Father to glorify David's Son in a very personal way to the hearts of many people over the entire earth. May Jesus do what only He can do to reach the lost.

Jesus hears the cry of the poor. Jesus can move mountains. Jesus can deliver the needy from oppressive addictions and hopeless patterns of thought and life.

The dominion of Jesus of Nazareth is far above any earthly ruler. He knows what is happening in Galilee today, but he also knows the widow who feels so alone in Kuala Lumpur, Malasia, and in the little village of Newmarket, New Hampshire in the United States. He hears the desperate heart of someone in Russia, who needs to know that God has not forgotten her. Jesus lives, Jesus knows, Jesus reigns.

The Name of Jesus is powerful all over the earth in every generation. His servants have brought His Word everywhere. Even if the Scriptures have not been translated into every heart tongue, people all over the globe mark time from the year of his birth, and the message of His death and resurrection is going everywhere. Our God reigns! The King of the Jews lives forever as the Son of the Most High. He is as present as the rain that falls from heaven. There is no power on earth so fierce, and no despair so deep, that can stop the progress of His righteousness and joy.

An oppressed man can call out to Him today from solitary confinement in the darkest prison, and Jesus will hear. He saves that man's life. Though he die, yet he lives. The blood of the one who is suffering in a hospital bed matters to Him. He remembers His own cross and He knows the meaning of it.

Jesus will live forever. He will bring a world of life upon this tired earth, and he will renew the world. We should bring Him our tribute today. Spend your money and your time for His glory. Serve “the least of these” in His Name. Do your work today with Him in mind. Enjoy His gifts and think about His pleasure. Publish His Name in your life today until all the nations praise Him.

Bless Him who blesses the sick and the grieving! Blessed be the Lord God, the Son of David, and the Son of the Most High God! Bless His Name forever! May His glory fill the whole earth! Amen and Amen!