Psalm 104:34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. I. THE EXALTED, INCOMPREHENSIBLE NATURE OF HIM WHO IS THE OBJECT OF OUR MEDITATION. 1. The source of being, the author and parent of all that exists. If the acts of almighty power should produce reverence and awe — if the displays of unerring wisdom should excite admiration and esteem — if the exertions of unbounded goodness should command gratitude and love — devout meditation on the Source of being should be attended with feelings of pure delight. 2. The source of all moral excellence. What beauty is, in material objects, moral excellence is, among rational beings: it is that which renders them at all attractive, and to the reflecting, and cultivated mind, is the direct object of esteem and love. 3. Let us recollect that these excellencies exist in One with whom we are most intimately connected, and that they are all continually exercised in our belief. 4. In surveying the circumstances of ourselves or others, we cannot shut our eyes on the painful and trying situations in which, by the providence of God, men may at times be placed. But this presents another most amiable view of the Supreme Being as attending to the different circumstances of His creatures, and accommodating His dealings to their respective characters, and situations. 5. There is yet another character in which He appears, that claims our most attentive regards, and which must call up our most ardent affections. And this is — As the Saviour of His offending and wretched creatures. Doomed to death, and destined to return to dust, He is to raise us from the grave, free us from all imperfections, place us beyond the reach of sorrow or the possibility of suffering, enlarge our powers, extend our knowledge, perfect our characters, introduce us into the society of angels, and crown all His gifts with everlasting life. II. IN ALL THESE CHARACTERS OUR MEDITATION OF HIM SHOULD DELIGHT THE SOUL; because all that is great, and excellent, and glorious, and good, and attractive, passes before our minds in contemplating the character, the works, the ways, and the purposes of God; objects, the contemplation of which, not only gives scope for the exercise of its noblest powers, but excites all the most pleasing affections of the soul; reverence, esteem, love, gratitude, faith and hope. (R. Bogg, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.WEB: Let your meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh. |
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