Lord of Our Lives
"Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O Mighty One, With Your glory and Your majesty."
– Psalm 45:3
The book of Psalms is broken up into five books. These groupings seem to parallel the Pentateuch. This particular Psalm would fit in the second division of books. The Exodus, Israel’s redemption from Egypt. You can see in this Psalm the joy of the writer who is celebrating who God is. This is a far cry from the lamentations we have seen from other Psalms.
In these lyrics, the Messianic King Himself is introduced. We are not carried to the Lord’s first coming, though. We are carried off to His Second Advent when Jesus Christ comes back to rule and reign. He is going to come as a King of authority. The Bible tells us, “Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:29-30). Jesus is coming back as a conquering warrior, not a humble carpenter from Israel. How important it is today to be sure we are on the side of Christ.
We are given a wonderful picture here of the Messiah and His Bride. Before, there were sighs and lamentations. Now there is joy. What an interesting image. It is easy for us to be joyful during times of blessing and ease, but what happens when things are contrary? What happens when the winds of joy are taken out of our sails? God did not change; our circumstances and attitudes often do, though. When we remember Jesus as Savior, however, this joy will return and remain if He is Savior and the Lord of our lives. Is He the Lord of your life today?
"I may truly call this book an anatomy of all parts of the soul, for no one can feel a movement of the spirit which is not reflected in this mirror. All the sorrows, troubles, fears, doubts, hopes, pains, perplexities and stormy outbreaks by which the hearts of men are tossed have been depicted here to the very life."
– John Calvin