Meditation
“Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power,
In the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning:
Thou hast the strength of thy youth.”
--Psalm 110:3
How wonderful the praises of Jesus Christ, the Son of David and David’s Lord!
How glorious the exaltation of Him who is the Son of David according to the flesh, and the Lord of David according to the divinity!
How glorious and how wonderful the strength and power of Him who sits at the right hand of Jehovah, the covenant God of His people!
What is that strength and what is that power?
The strength is power over all the enemies of the Son of David. It is the strength to rule in the midst of His enemies. It is His strength to strike through kings in the day of His wrath. It is His strength to judge among the heathen, to fill with the dead bodies, and wound the heads over many countries.
It is the strength of His righteous wrath and holy anger, to vindicate the cause of Jehovah, and the cause of the people of Jehovah.
Not alone is that power and strength of the glorified Son of David over the enemies.
Within His very own people is also the power and strength of David’s Lord.
It is His strength to make them “willing in the day of thy power.”
They are willing in their delight in their King, this Son of David.
They are delighted in the majestic and mighty victories of their King, the Lord of David.
Their happiness is to praise and magnify their majestic Monarch for His triumphant victories over their enemies and His.
They delight to bend their knee before their King, and to devote their lives to Him, in grateful service to Him for all that He has done for them.
Their joy is to glorify their King for the freedom He has graciously bestowed on them, delivering their hearts from their bitter bondage in sin and darkness.
For His power in its day has made His people willing.
What is that power?
That power is described in the most delightful words that follow: “In the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.”
It is the power of newness, newness of “the womb of the morning,” newness of “the dew of thy youth.”
That power of newness is the power of the resurrection. It is the newness of the morning of the first day of the week when the Son of David rose again from the dead, into newness of the new life of everlasting heavenly glory. He that was dead arose to newness of life, exalted as the Son of God of God and Son of David, Lord of lords and King of kings.
In His glorious, almighty newness, the Son of David makes His people new. In the depths of their hearts, where reigned only the spiritual disobedience and rebellion of depravity, He works in them His very own newness. He makes them new creatures from the womb of the morning. He makes them partakers of the dew of His youth.
So do they become willing in the day of His power, willing in the beauties of holiness, consecrated to the glory of their Lord, the Son of David and David’s Lord.
Willing in the day of His power, may His people praise their eternal King and gladly give Him all glory!
In the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning:
Thou hast the strength of thy youth.”
--Psalm 110:3
How wonderful the praises of Jesus Christ, the Son of David and David’s Lord!
How glorious the exaltation of Him who is the Son of David according to the flesh, and the Lord of David according to the divinity!
How glorious and how wonderful the strength and power of Him who sits at the right hand of Jehovah, the covenant God of His people!
What is that strength and what is that power?
The strength is power over all the enemies of the Son of David. It is the strength to rule in the midst of His enemies. It is His strength to strike through kings in the day of His wrath. It is His strength to judge among the heathen, to fill with the dead bodies, and wound the heads over many countries.
It is the strength of His righteous wrath and holy anger, to vindicate the cause of Jehovah, and the cause of the people of Jehovah.
Not alone is that power and strength of the glorified Son of David over the enemies.
Within His very own people is also the power and strength of David’s Lord.
It is His strength to make them “willing in the day of thy power.”
They are willing in their delight in their King, this Son of David.
They are delighted in the majestic and mighty victories of their King, the Lord of David.
Their happiness is to praise and magnify their majestic Monarch for His triumphant victories over their enemies and His.
They delight to bend their knee before their King, and to devote their lives to Him, in grateful service to Him for all that He has done for them.
Their joy is to glorify their King for the freedom He has graciously bestowed on them, delivering their hearts from their bitter bondage in sin and darkness.
For His power in its day has made His people willing.
What is that power?
That power is described in the most delightful words that follow: “In the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.”
It is the power of newness, newness of “the womb of the morning,” newness of “the dew of thy youth.”
That power of newness is the power of the resurrection. It is the newness of the morning of the first day of the week when the Son of David rose again from the dead, into newness of the new life of everlasting heavenly glory. He that was dead arose to newness of life, exalted as the Son of God of God and Son of David, Lord of lords and King of kings.
In His glorious, almighty newness, the Son of David makes His people new. In the depths of their hearts, where reigned only the spiritual disobedience and rebellion of depravity, He works in them His very own newness. He makes them new creatures from the womb of the morning. He makes them partakers of the dew of His youth.
So do they become willing in the day of His power, willing in the beauties of holiness, consecrated to the glory of their Lord, the Son of David and David’s Lord.
Willing in the day of His power, may His people praise their eternal King and gladly give Him all glory!