7. For the king trusteth in the Lord. Our Lord, like a true king and leader, was a master in the use of the
weapons, and could handle well the shield of faith, for he has set us a
brilliant example of unwavering confidence in God. Safe in his Father’s care,
he knew that he was always heard in heaven; he committed his cause to him that
judgeth right, and in his last moments he committed his spirit into the same
hands. The joy was the joy of faith, and the victory was due to the same
previous grace. A holy confidence in Jehovah is the true mother of victories.
This psalm of triumph was composed long before our Lord’s conflict began, but
faith overleaps the boundaries of time. Through the mercy of the Most Highhe shall not be moved. Eternal mercy secures the mediatorial throne of
Jesus. He who is Most High in every sense engages all his infinite perfections
to maintain the throne of grace upon which our King in Zion reigns. He was not
moved from his purpose, nor in his sufferings, nor by his
enemies, nor shall he be moved from the completion of his designs. He is
the same yesterday, today, and forever. Other empires are dissolved by the
lapse of years, but eternal mercy maintains his growing dominion evermore
because he trusts in Jehovah. It is a great display of divine mercy to men that
the throne of King Jesus is still among them: nothing but divine mercy could
sustain it, for human malice would overturn it tomorrow if it could. We ought
to trust in God for the promotion of the Redeemer’s kingdom: all unbelieving
methods of action, and especially all reliance on mere human ability, should be
forever discarded where the monarch sets the example of walking by faith in
God.
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