The light that shines on his
people is the Lord’s doing. (Psalm 118:26-29)
Recognize verse 26? They shouted this to Jesus in his triumphal
entry (Mark 11:9). Hosanna means “save us”
which connects
with verse 25.
When God shines his light, he is shining
his favor upon us. This results in salvation and results in a determined
worship before him.
The Lord is God, and he has
made his light to shine upon us. Bind
the festal sacrifice with cords, up to the horns of the altar (Psalm 118:27,
ESV).
When God shines his
favor, worship ensues!!
Think of how a holy God
could ever look upon his people with any pleasure at all - but he does. But now
we no longer need to offer sacrifices of bulls and goats in worship. Christ has
already made that sacrifice for us once and for all (Hebrews
So now we sacrifice a broken
and contrite heart (Psalm 51:17), and we bring forth the sacrifice of
praise (Hebrews
In verse 23, we read, “This
is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.” Do we look at the works and
the Word of the Lord and say, “This is marvelous!”? “Delight yourself in the
LORD and he will give you the desires.
Matt Perry
Boone’s