The Digged Ear.

IN Psalms 40 we read: “Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou digged” (ver. 6, margin). This undoubtedly gives us the birth of Christ-His incarnation; for Paul in Hebrews 10:5,5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: (Hebrews 10:5) quoting this Psalm, writes: “Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body hast thou prepared me.” Till He had a body He had been an Actor, a Creator, Lawgiver. When come to do God’s will the digged ear is the sign of His becoming a servant to listen and obey.
In Isaiah 1:44Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. (Isaiah 1:4) we read: “The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.” That gives us the dependent character of His life, as a servant and listener to the Father, to get the right word for every weary soul He met.
In Exodus 21:6,6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. (Exodus 21:6) we read of the Hebrew servant, a type of Jesus: “His master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.” This prefigures His death. He would not be parted from the objects of His love, and suffers in His body consequently.
Study these scriptures in this light. David describes His birth, Isaiah His life, Moses His death, and each in connection with the ear, the mark of a servant.
W. T. P. W.