Psalm 21:5
5 His glory [kabowd] is great [gadowl] in thy salvation: [yashuw`ah] honour [howd] and majesty [hadar] hast thou laid [shavah]
upon him. KJV-Interlinear
5 His
glory is great through Thy salvation, Splendor and majesty Thou dost place upon
him. NASB
Glory, splendor, and
majesty are a part of every individual believer throughout history.
David is the one being
referred to here, but the pattern of his life applies to all believers. And as a believer in Christ, this applies to
you.
You have glory. You have
honor. You have majesty.
But, these do not come
from your own self, or from your own efforts.
These do not even originate from you. Neither are they earned or
deserved by you.
The only legitimate glory
and honor and majesty in existence belong to God and to God alone. No one else
has any of these traits as original possessions which they can claim as their
own.
God is the source and if
you have any of these, then they came from God and from no other source.
The ‘Thy and Thou’ here
indicate Gods work and Gods possession which He provides and places on the
believer.
The work of God is
consistent throughout the scriptures and throughout history.
Gods work, never mans, is
the key to truth and the production of good.
Mans works are never a
part of the spiritual life.
God planned and carried
out the work of salvation.
God authored the
scriptures, and invented the mechanism for mans assimilation of the scriptures.
It is God who
communicates truth to man. It is God who
makes truth clear and lucid. It is God
who transfers truth into the believer, through his human spirit and into the
soul. It is doctrine, that is the written
manifestation of Christ, who is God. It
is doctrine that lays the foundation of truth in the soul and builds the
spiritual structure within the soul.
It is the spiritual aspect
of your life that is the target for Gods favor and blessing, and the vessel
which holds Gods glory, honor and majesty within you, in your behalf.
