KISS THE SON

"Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and ye perish from the way when His wrath is

kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in Him.

Ps 2:12

The Psalmist says, "Kiss the Son." Isn’t this exactly what a certain woman

did in New Testament times? She kissed His feet, anointed them with tears and

dried them with her hair. What an act of faith! She believed that Jesus had

the power to remove the misery of her sinful life and she trusted that He

would do it. What an act of humility! She anointed His feet with tears! She

had nothing to bring Him except tears of regret brought on by her sins. She

did not need someone to tell her, "Kiss the Son," for the Son of God was the

only answer to her problems. Anointing His feet was her way of honoring and

thanking Him. What a wonderful assurance her Redeemer gave her: "Your sins

are forgiven."

Only one other person in the New Testament, namely Judas Iscariot, kissed the

Son of Man while He was on earth. This person approached the Lord, kissed

Him, and said, "Hail Master." What to all the world was supposed to look like

an act of honor and respect was really an act of hypocrisy. It was a kiss

prompted by greed and not by devotion or faith. As a result the Lord could

not assure him of forgiveness, but instead gave the dreadful judgment, "Woe

unto that man!"

Woe unto anyone whose life is not built on the Son of God. This warning was

written first of all to kings and rulers who trusted their might and power

and would never think of humbling themselves before God’s Son. But it is also

written to you and me. The degree to which we think we are in control of our

lives is the degree to which we need to hear, "Kiss the Son!" It does not

really matter whether we are young or old, whether we have much money or no

money at all, we need the direction of our Savior with every step we take.

Satan himself inspires the idea that we seem to be doing so well without

Christ, that we can do what we want without any consequences. Then, if ever,

we need the warning of this text, "Kiss the Son before His anger is aroused,

even a little bit."

The greatest thing that happens to us daily is that the Holy Spirit brings us

to our knees. It is His mercy that He shatters our pride with commandments we

cannot keep, so that we find our only hope in kissing the Savior’s feet, in

honoring Him as our Redeemer. As we daily pray, "Forgive us our trespasses,"

so we daily also have the assurance of every blessing that the Father can