Psalm 27:1-14 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?… A beautiful affirmation; important possession; glorious triumph. I. THE AFFIRMATION. 1. The Lord is light in nature. "All things were made by Him." All light in nature comes from God's Son, who is emphatically the Light of the world. 2. In the sphere of reason. God made man with a mind to know, a will to obey, a heart to love — elevated far above the rest of creation. By sin the mind is darkened, the will perverse, the heart depraved. Hence — 3. God is light in the sphere of grace. Man, by the Fall, deprived himself and the race of "those divine gifts"; hence the need of a Redeemer. This we have: "the Lord is salvation." Light shows us where and what we are — lost, ruined, dead. Christ, our salvation, brings us from the depths of the Fall, recreates us, imparts to us His Spirit, righteousness and life. II. A MOST IMPORTANT POSSESSION. "My light," "my salvation." The beauty of the Psalms is in the pronouns. Light must be in us, or we walk in darkness; bread be eaten, or we starve; so an unapplied Saviour is no Saviour to man. This possession is ours only as we stand in living union with Christ Jesus our Lord. III. THE GLORIOUS TRIUMPH. "Whom shall I fear?" etc. In possession of Christ's light and life, the Christian need fear neither sickness, death, grave, nor hell. Over all these lie has complete victory (Romans 8:34-39). (J. Hassler, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: {A Psalm of David.} The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? |
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