the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Psalms 45:1-17
Under the leading of the Holy Spirit, the "ready writer", this psalm invites us to praise Christ, the "Well-beloved", He who in beauty and grace surpasses all the sons of men. But before pouring forth from his lips, that praise has already been prepared and meditated on, welling up in the heart (cf. Matthew 12:34); it praises His Person, His words and His works.
We could well say that worship on the Lord’s day is the song which binds together all the verses which the Spirit has taught the child of God during the week on the inexhaustible theme of the glories and graces of the Lord Jesus. He is "the King" but vv. 6, 7 quoted in Hebrews 1:8-9, call Him "God". When He appears in His majesty and splendour, He is the object of universal admiration. His power is shown in the terrible judgment which He executes (vv. 3-5). Perfumes permeate His garments: myrrh reminds us of His sufferings, aloes of His death (John 19:39) and cassia His ascension. But for Christ the greatest of all these glories will be the beauty of the Bride, who will be presented to Him (here it is Jerusalem), and the love she will render to Him. Christian friend, it is your privilege now to pour out before Him this grateful love. "He is thy Lord; and worship thou him" (v. 11).
