Psalm 45:7 You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. Consider — I. THAT PART OF OUR SAVIOUR'S JOY WHICH IS GIVEN HIM BY HIS FATHER. He possessed much of this anointing with the oil of gladness even while He was here on earth. He grew in favour both with God and man. Then, His was the joy of doing good. To do as He did must give joy to a benevolent mind. And of being good. And in the consideration that He was doing His Father's will. And in the glorious prospect. And after He had "endured the cross, despising the shame." And what joy was His as the risen Mediator. That He had now accomplished a work which He had meditated upon from all eternity. Consider, too, His joy must have been commensurate with the pains which He endured, and how great they were. His joy would arise from the enemies He had overcome, from His having loved righteousness. See His life; the effect of His work. The text adds, "Thou hatest wickedness." A man's character is not complete without a perfect hatred of sin. And Christ's joy is greater than that of all others. Thus did God anoint Him. II. THE GLADNESS AFFORDED BY THE CHURCH. The merits, graces, their love, their praise, their prayers, their faith, are like the myrrh, etc., that when He rides in His triumphal chariot He scatters odour all around. He rejoices over the saints as the objects of His choice; and because they have cost Him so much; and they are His workmanship. Let us think how we can make Him glad. III. LET US BE GLAD IN HIM. God has made the King glad, and His saints make Him glad; let us be glad too. But let us mind that our gladness is of the right sort. "We will rejoice and be glad in Thee." ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. |
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