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Daily Devotion: Psalm 21:5-6

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Psalm 21:5-6    "His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.  (6)  For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance."

In these verses, we see the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.  "HIS glory is great!"  When in the New Testament did we first hear the word, great, as it concerns the Messiah, Jesus the Christ? The angel speaking to Mary said, "For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord." (Luke 1:15)  In that same conversation, we hear the angel saying, "He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David." (Luke 1:32)  Then Mary speaking to her cousin Elizabeth said, "For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name." (Luke 1:49)  At the birth of Jesus, we hear the angel saying to the shepherds, "And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people." (Luke 2:10)

"His glory is great. He shall be great in the sight of the LORD. He that is mighty hath done great things to me.  I bring you good tidings of great joy."  What is it about this One named Jesus?  What makes Him great?  Well, of course the obvious answer is He is the only begotten Son of God. He was conceived of the Holy Ghost and born of a virgin named Mary.  His birth brought great tidings of great joy.  His life and the instructions He gave brought great joy to those who heard Him and still to us today. But what exactly about Jesus caused the word, great, to be used so many different times?

He is glorious because He came to achieve one main thing, without which none of His teachings or His healings or His compassions or mercies, or anything else would have been enough to sustain. What is the one thing that causes Him to be great?  The answer is found, among other places, in Psalm 21:5, "His glory is great in thy salvation."  I go back to the angel before the birth of Jesus. He sure was a busy angel, wasn't he? When Joseph questioned Mary's being with child, the angel appeared to him and said, "Fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.  (21)  And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins." (Matthew 1:20-21) 

Yes, Jesus came for that one reason in which His true glory appears. He came to save His people from their sins. Now, if He did not accomplish that, then all the statements about His glory and His greatness are false.  But let us hear some of the final words of Jesus on the cross, "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost." (John 19:30)  He came to save His people from their sins. He spoke the absolute truth when He declared that work of redemption to be finished. He completed the work through the shedding of His holy and righteous blood. "HIS GLORY IS GREAT!"

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