Homilist Psalm 5:7 But as for me, I will come into your house in the multitude of your mercy: and in your fear will I worship toward your holy temple. This noble resolution. It manifests — I. AN INDEPENDENCE OF CHARACTER. "As for me." How many there are who follow the crowd! Whether for evil or good, where the multitude go they will go. Hundreds stay away from the house of God either because it is not fashionable to go there or because they are afraid of being singular. Such was not David's course. II. A NOBLE DETERMINATION. "I will come into Thy house." Two or three thoughts will show the nature of the act. 1. David was a king. He might have thought it beneath him to leave his throne and humble himself before God in the worship of the temple. But kings as well as subjects need the pardon of their sins, the help of the Holy Spirit, and the Divine favour. And no king could do a more noble act than show an example of pious devotion. 2. David was a man of war. He was constantly engaged in bitter contests. But he did not, therefore, abstain from attending the house of God. 3. David was a busy man. He had to manage the affairs of a large and distracted kingdom; yet he still found time for attending the house of God. 4. David was a clever man. He was also a good man. He might have said, "What good can I get from the temple? I know the services," etc. But humility always attends those who have real merit, while those who have little to boast of fail to avail themselves of opportunities of improvement because of their self-conceit. A real Christian feels his deficiencies. III. A WORTHY OBJECT. "I will come into Thy house." Public worship is the most important part of Christian life. 1. It is obeying the Divine command. The duty of gathering ourselves together is imposed upon us in many parts of the Scriptures. Not only was it insisted upon in the Old Testament, but it is still more urged in the New. 2. It is the means of developing the Christian life. In the assemblies of the saints the Holy Spirit was given at first, and is still bestowed. Here spirituality is deepened and the work of conversion carried on. 3. It is the appointed means of communing with God. We can pray in private; but we have particular access in the house of prayer. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. |
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