“He loves but little who tells how much he loves.”
John Boys
Psalm 2 – Is a kiss but a kiss?
While the nations rage and the whole world takes its stand against God, the psalmist passionately enjoins the rulers and today’s reader to ‘Kiss the Son.’ What does he mean? A kiss is a symbol of love. It occurs between two parties who are in relationship with each other. It is a testimony of their allegiance to each other and their acceptance of each other. It is a silent sign of intimacy.
The act of ‘kissing the Son’ is simply our placing ourselves before God’s throne in humble submission to his will. We kiss the Lord Jesus every time we pray and yield ourselves to him and place our resources at his disposal. The King has the right to commandeer anything the subject has and even the subject himself when the Monarch has a need. The ‘kiss’ is a symbol of trust. When we trust God, we are, in effect, kissing Christ. To trust anything else is a grave sin and arouses the righteous anger of God. Job knew this truth, “If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security.’ …so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss of homage, then these also would be sins to be judged.” (31:24, 27-28) Who do you trust (kiss) today?
A kiss is a silent sign between two lovers. It reveals a pact or a covenant that two have made together. God’s desire is for people to enter into this covenant with him. He promises to protect his covenant people, “Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel – all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him.” (1 Kings 19:18) To kiss Baal is to break covenant with God is a jealous lover who will not tolerate a divided spouse! He wants his church to swear their allegiance to him only and to seal that pact with a kiss.
When Paul encourages believers to. “Greet one another with a holy kiss.” (1 Cor 16:20) He is urging them to live in covenant with each other, guarding love and peace. We ‘kiss’ each other when we swear our allegiance to each other and attempt to maintain unblemished relationships. Are you ‘kissing the Son’ today by loving him and his people? Or are you like Judas who kissed the Lord and then proceeded to betray him?
