"I will speak of the glorious honor of your majesty, and of your wondrous works." Verse 5
David
is emphatic. He is even redundant. He cannot say it often enough. He
declares, boldly and
conspicuously, that he is a worshiper of the Most
High God. His heart overflows with love for his King, to the point of
repeating once more his vow and promise to tell of the greatness of the
Lord in all He has done.
What
is the “glorious honor of your majesty”? Another translation says
“glorious splendor of your majesty.” David had a way with words!
Splendor illustrates to me things like the Taj Majal, or the Luray
Caverns. One was made by man, the other by natural changes in the
earth. Each is unique, one of a kind, spectacular in its form and
beauty. There is nothing else like them in this world.
The
glorious splendor of the majesty of God is other-worldly:
supernatural, divine. There is nothing that can be compared to Him:
The brightness of His glory, the express image of His person, revealed
in Jesus Christ, all that is great, extraordinary, wonderful, sublime.
His perfect authority, excellency and power is over heaven and earth,
men and angels. He is altogether righteous, just and holy in all His
ways.
As
we meditate on these attributes of God we become undone, laid out flat,
when we consider His extravagant love for us, His unbreakable covenant ,
and His redemptive plan for all who choose to participate.
O,
the wonder of His love, the mercy and grace in His plan, that even
though it was through one man that sin and death entered the world, yet,
it is by the one Man, Jesus Christ, that we are made righteous before
God, and death has no power over us anymore. Amen. Halleluia!
God,
my Father, how majestic is your name in all the earth! The more my
heart is fixed upon who You are, the more it is filled up to overflow
with praise. I will boast of Your great love and drink deeply of it.
Out
of the abundance of my heart, my mouth will speak praise and honor and
glory to You as long as I live. For it is through You, with You and in
You that I live and move and have my being. May it all be for your
pleasure and your praise. Amen.
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