The Loving Kindness and Truth of God
Psalm 26:8
LORD, I have loved the habitation of your house, and the place where your honor dwells.


I. WHAT WE ARE TO UNDERSTAND BY THIS.

1. It may be taken for either an essential perfection in God, or some external dispensation of good from God. In the former sense, Psalm 51:1; in the latter, Psalm 42:8. In both senses here.

2. It displays and exerts itself in many acts of providence, but especially in Christ, and the vouchsafement of spiritual and eternal blessings by Him (Joel 2:13; Titus 3:4).

3. It may be considered as respecting others or ourselves (Ephesians 5:25; Galatians 2:20).

II. WHAT IT IS FOR GOD'S LOVING KINDNESS TO BE BEFORE OUR EYES.

1. Duly to apprehend it.

2. To believe it, and be persuaded of it (John 8:56; Hebrews 11:13).

3. To esteem and prize it (Psalm 36:7).

4. To consider it, and be seriously reminded of it (Exodus 20:20; Song of Solomon 1:4).

III. WHAT IS MEANT BY GOD'S TRUTH.

1. His immutable faithfulness (Psalm 89:49; Psalm 94:4).

2. His Word (Psalm 119:142).

3. The sincerity of those that belong to Him (Psalm 51:6).

IV. WHAT IT IS TO WALK IN HIS TRUTH.

1. To place our firm reliance on the faithfulness of God.

2. To attend strictly to the Word of God, both its doctrinal and practical parts.

3. To be upright in our way, in opposition to that walking in craftiness which is the celebrated policy of the children of this world.

4. Perseverance in this course.

(T. Cruso.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

WEB: Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.




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