- The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” Psalm 110:1 – How to understand this psalm is by understanding who is talking to who. We see it says, “the Lord says to my Lord,” and for us in English that looks the same, but in Hebrew it would be two different words. In Hebrew it would read Yahweh says to Adonai. Without overcomplicating it, what we learn is that this is a conversation between God the Father and God the Son. The Father is speaking to the Son, and we are getting a glimpse into their holy conversation. While there is so much to be said of this psalm, for it’s even the most quoted psalm of the New Testament, I just am overjoyed that God allowed us to see into this conversation. For dwell on what that means for us. The Father isn’t seeking to hide His works from us nor keep us at a distance. The Father desires us to know what He is doing and desires us near enough to hear His words. Certainly there are things that we don’t know and can’t even understand if we tried about our Lord, but the baseline posture of our God is not secrecy nor deception. He’s given us His word, He allows us to hear Him speak, and He’s even given us Himself through the Son’s coming to earth. Compare this to the false gods in our world that can’t speak and have no words for their people and don’t even have breath in them to make words out of. What a wonder it is that we have a God who not only has breath but speaks and makes known His words to us. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3524
- The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.” Psalm 110:4 – Our Messiah, Jesus, has not and will not change. His mind is set on being our high priest who intercedes between us and God the Father. Nothing will change His mind on that. Not the current state of the world, not the mess ups you make, not even the doubts you have about God. Jesus has set Himself up in your story as your Savior for all time and nothing will cause Him to shift around on that. Take hope from this that while we may be shaky in our devotion to God, He remains steadfast. You never have to worry that Jesus may step away from His role as your intercessor and savior. That’s His role forever and He takes joy in being that for you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1338
- Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours. Psalm 110:3 – I settled on this verse today for my devotion because it confused me the most and I wanted to figure it out. Yet, after some study of it, I’m still pretty confused! I even found this quote from Charles Spurgeon in a sermon he did on this verses, “After looking at the old translations, and employing every means in my power to discover the meaning, I found myself as far off as when I began.” In short, this is a confusing passage, but here’s what I’m beginning to gather from it. It’s speaking of Jesus coming into power. When Jesus takes power people will come to Him willingly and in a holy manner. The part about the womb and dew I’m still confused on so please take that into consideration as I’m explaining it. One way to explain it that Christ will have the same power and vigor as ever as our leader. He will always have the strength He needs to lead us for He’s not some old leader who can’t fight or stand up for us. In short I see this passage as a reminder of the power and coming of the Lord. For us He has come and is coming again. We have already seen His power and majesty when He first came and we can read and wait in expectation for the power and glory to come in His second coming. He will come in strength and His holy ones won’t come to Him reluctantly but with excitement. Take courage in this message! Also, hopefully a devotion like this shows you that just because a scripture is confusing it doesn’t mean you can’t still lean into it. I still don’t fully grasp the passage, but God can still guide us even with difficult passages if our heart is open to being guided. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2241
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