Psalm 111:5 He has given meat to them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. I. THE GIFT: "He hath given meat." We are to understand this expression, of course in a twofold sense, of our necessities; the first, temporal, the other, spiritual. II. THE COVENANT. The covenant of grace is a covenant without any conditions on our part whatever, of any sort, in any form, or any fashion. The covenant, in fact, is not made between us and God; it is made between God and Christ, our Representative. All the conditions of that covenant are fulfilled, so that there are none left for us to fulfil. The conditions were that Christ should suffer, and He has suffered; that Christ should obey, and He has obeyed. God will not suffer one single promise of the covenant to be unfulfilled, nor one single blessing of the covenant to be kept back. III. THE CHARACTER OF THE PERSONS HERE REFERRED TO: "them that fear Him." Those who fear the Lord are in the covenant of His grace. If we fear Him, we may believe that He will ever give meat unto us, and that He will always keep His covenant towards us which He has made for us in Christ Jesus our Lord. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.WEB: He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant. |
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