Pay Tribute to Your King
Jan 25th, 2006
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Psalms 72 NIV
1 Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness.
2 He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.
3 The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. 4 He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor. 5 He will endure as long as the sun, as long as the moon, through all generations. 6 He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth. 7 In his days the righteous will flourish; prosperity will abound till the moon is no more. 8 He will rule from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
9 The desert tribes will bow before him and his enemies will lick the dust. 10 The kings of Tarshish and of distant shores will bring tribute to him; the kings of Sheba and Seba will present him gifts. 11 All kings will bow down to him and all nations will serve him. 12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. 13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death. 14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.
15 Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him and bless him all day long. 16 Let grain abound throughout the land; on the tops of the hills may it sway. Let its fruit flourish like Lebanon; let it thrive like the grass of the field. 17 May his name endure forever; may it continue as long as the sun. All nations will be blessed through him, and they will call him blessed. 18 Praise be to the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. 19 Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
20 This concludes the prayers of David son of Jesse.
1 Chron 18:5-6 NKJV Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought tribute . So the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
The other night I was watching minister on TV talk about David and how sowing seeds of mercy brought blessing on generation after generation after David died. He spared Jeroboam though he should have been judged. He spared Hezekiah when the enemy had surrounded the city, and an angel of the Lord came and wiped out 180,000 of the enemy, because of the Lord’s love for DAVID it says. So over 300 years after David died, yet his SEED was blessed. It happened over and over again. So sowing seeds of mercy leads to BLESSING upon blessing not only in our lives but those of our children and their children, and their children…etc.
I thought of this after reading the above scriptures and told me to title this “Pay Tribute to Your King.”
Then He said:
“ The tribute Your King wants is a humble and contrite spirit, not one of arrogance and pride, but one of humilty and repentance for sin. The tribute I WANT is forgiveness, JUST AS I HAVE FORGIVEN YOU ! The tribute I want is for you to listen and do when I tell you to do something. If you will HONOR ME, then I will honor you. If you will pay tribute of love and affection for all I have done for you, and sow tenderness and love for others, you will be blessed indeed. For the problem with America is a deep root of APATHY and COMPLACENCY due to affluence and godless teaching. I am looking for “a few good men” and women, young women and young men to take on the establishment and all the iconoclastic fervor that has invaded My church. To take on the witches and warlocks that have invaded My pastures. To take on that spirit of Jezebel that lures men into sexual sin and perversion.
The hour is hastening when I will overturn the tables of the money-changers and destroy all that is not of ME. I still am under the impression that the sheep are MY SHEEP, and that I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD. So once again I will bring a recapitulation of fulfilled prophecies, that the earth will know that I AM KING, and I AM LORD OF ALL LORDS. They will see with their eyes mighty and wondrous things.
They will no longer mock on My holy hill. Though many will go on in their wickedness, yet I will bring a great HARVEST OF SOULS and shake the heavens and the earth with My power and restore to My beloveds, righteousness.
Will you go for Us , will you go My beloveds into the thrones of men, and into the streets. Will you rise up from the dust and ashes of sorrow and rejection at all that is around you and be BOLD for Us ? If you are willing, then I will empower you to go and to do what I say. This too, you must learn, to lean FULLY on ME. To depend FULLY on ME, and not go your own ways. This is the work I have been doing in your hearts to bring you to the place of death to self, and abandonment to ME. I AM your exceedingly great Reward. I AM YOUR INHERITANCE. I AM at your side, and within you, and I will never turn away. When you stand before those I ask you to, I WILL BACK YOU UP ! I will use you if you will put away all despondency and bitterness and be able to flow in MY LOVE AND KINDNESS as you confront kings and men, officers, and governors. But YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME. You must DEPEND on Me for what to speak, what to say, how to say it.
I will give you the wisdom and understanding of the times that you desire, so long as you do not use it to promote YOU. If you will use it to promote ME, then I will share my heart with you and not hold back. But I know the motivations of your hearts, My beloveds. I know the pain and insecurity, the rejection and defensive pride still there, and all the unbelief in My ability to sustain you. THIS I AM REMOVING. I am wanting you to grow CONFIDENT in MY ABILITY, rather than your own !”
Hab 3:19 AMP The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!
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Tribute: Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English tribut, from Latin tributum, from neuter of tributus, past participle of tribuere to allot, bestow, grant, pay, from tribus tribe
1 a : a payment by one ruler or nation to another in acknowledgment of submission or as the price of protection; also : the tax levied for such a payment b (1) : an excessive tax, rental, or tariff imposed by a government, sovereign, lord, or landlord (2) : an exorbitant charge levied by a person or group having the power of coercion c : the liability to pay tribute
2 a : something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved; especially : a gift or service showing respect, gratitude, or affection <floral tribute> b : something (as material evidence or a formal attestation) that indicates the worth, virtue, or effectiveness of the one in question <the product is a tribute to their ingenuity>
OT:4503 minchah (min-khaw'); from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary): KJV - gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
Est 10:1 KJV And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
OT:4522 mac (mas); or mic (mees); from OT:4549; properly, a burden (as causing to faint), i.e. a tax in the form of forced labor: KJV - discomfited, levy, task [-master], tribute (-tary).
Matt 17:24-25 KJV And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute ? 25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute ? of their own children, or of strangers?
NT:1323 didrachmon (did'-rakh-mon); from NT:1364 and NT:1406; a double drachma (didrachm): KJV - tribute.
NT:1364 dis (dece); adverb from NT:1417; twice: KJV - again, twice.
NT:1417 duo (doo'-o); a primary numeral; "two": KJV - both, twain,
two. NT:1406 drachme (drakh-may'); from NT:1405; a drachma or
(silver) coin (as handled): KJV - piece (of silver).
Matt 22:17-21 KJV Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. 20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
Rom 13:1-8 KJV Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
