207. A Man on the Throne
1 Kings 8:25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
Solomon reminds God of His promise and repeats the promise given to David. The promise is that there will be a man from David’s line to sit on the throne in the sight of God the Father. In the earthly realm this promise failed when the throne and the kingdom fell into exile. The physical kingdom was gone, but the line of David’s generations continued until Mary gave birth to the Son of God. (Joseph was also of the line of David, but not the biological father of the Messiah).
This promise must therefore be spiritual and eternal. In the heavenly realm, the Son of David, the Son of God, sits on the throne of the Kingdom of God forever, and that sitting will never fail in all eternity. The promise is also for us, as we are guaranteed that our loving Savior will never fail to rule from the throne of he Eternal Kingdom, of which we are citizens. This is good news, because it means that the very One who loved us so much that He died for us is the very One who is ruling over us for good. All our affairs are in His almighty and capable hands.
He is so good that this King will never allow anything to happen to us that He and we together cannot overcome. And this will be true every day of our lives and for all eternity. Jesus will not fail to be our Lord and King and Savior and Protector and Deliverer and Provider all the days of our lives and we will dwell in His presence forevermore.