Psalm 27 [Booklet]

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A warm-hearted exposition of Psalm 27.

Excerpt- “What is the difference between Him being satisfied and Him being glorified?” Well, I often use the little illustration like this, supposing I have a great debt which I am unable to pay and some friend comes along and he pays the debt for me and he hands me the receipt. I know my creditor is satisfied. There’s the receipt with his own handwriting. My mind is at peace, now it’s all paid and I know that he’s satisfied. Now let’s suppose something else. Supposing when I owed this great debt, my creditor himself looks at his books and he sees this large amount on his books and he says to his son, “Would you be willing to pay this great debt so that we can take it off our books?” And his son says, “Well Dad, I’ll have to sell my house and it’ll take all the money that I get from my house to pay that debt. But if you want me to, I’ll be willing to do that.” So his son sells his house. All the money that he receives is taken. The debt is wiped off the account and I receive a receipt in the mail marked “Paid in full through the kindness of my son.” Now isn’t that more than the fact that my creditor is satisfied? Oh, dear friends, I know that God is not only satisfied with the work of his blessed Son, but it was God Himself Who loved me and gave His Son. He was the One who sent Him, and that blessed Savior came in love for you and me. We can say like the Apostle Paul, “The Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20) What are my thoughts now about my creditor? What are my thoughts about his son? Why, I’m full of gratitude because it was his own son that paid the debt. You and I can have this blessed knowledge and enjoyment in our souls. I say again, God is not only satisfied but He’s glorified. All that He is as light and love has been fully manifested and manifested in such a way that He Himself is revealed to my heart. So He is my salvation. What a blessed thing. I not only have salvation, but Christ Himself is my salvation. When Simeon picked up that little babe in his arms he said, “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace... For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation.” (Luke 2:29,30) So we have been brought into the light, but the very One who brought us into the light Himself has become our salvation. Would to God that every one of us entered into and enjoyed this. There would not only be peace in our souls, there would be worship in our hearts. We couldn’t help but worship. I couldn’t help but go to that man, my creditor, and say, “Oh I want to tell you what a wonderful son you have. I can’t tell you how fine he is and what I think of him.” And that’s what you and I have the privilege of doing when we come as worshippers. We bring before God the Father all the excellence of His beloved Son. That’s really what worship is—presenting Christ to God in all the excellence of His person and His work. Perhaps we could say too, “The Lord is my light and my salvation” and all the light of His presence is revealed. “We walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7) Sometimes a person will say, “Well are you walking in the light?” Let me say this brethren, we have all been brought into the light and that’s where we walk. That’s where grace has brought us. Someone said to Mr. Darby one time, “But what if a Christian turns his back on the light?” “Well,” he said, “The light will shine on his back.” Thank God it’s so. We’re in the light. That’s where we’ve been brought and we’ve been fitted for the light too, because that precious blood has cleansed us from all sin. We can say, “The Lord is my light and my salvation.”