THE LORD HATH GLORIFIED HIMSELF

"Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel." -Isaiah 44:23 [KJV]

Come, my soul, and join this universal hymn of praise, this lovely evening. Surely, if the Lord, by His servant the prophet, calls upon all nature, both the animate and inanimate parts of creation, to join in the melody, well may "the redeemed of the Lord say so!" The heavens shall sing the song of redemption; for angels rejoice over converted sinners. The earth shall join the song; for the curse pronounced on the ground is taken away by redemption. Yea, the very trees of the desert, the most remote from the peopled city, in beholding the felicity of God's chosen, shall clap their hands also.  

And mark, my soul, what is the running verse and chorus of this blessed song? It is Jehovah's glory; "for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel." Precious and principal feature in redemption! for what is God's work is God's glory. Think of this, when thou art contemplating the wonders and glories of redemption. And, moreover, let these views of divine glory, the first and ultimate end, in creation, providence, and grace, become the assurance, and security, and comfort of thy mind, under all the remaining points to be accomplished in thy personal circumstances, and interest in it. The Lord hath glorified Himself, and will glorify Himself in His people. Israel is the people of His purpose, the children of promise, the children of adoption, the objects of His choice, of His everlasting love; the seed of Christ; the purchase of His blood. "This people, (saith Jehovah) have I formed for Myself, they shall shew forth My praise."  

Pause, my soul, and ask thy heart, what can shew forth God's praise in any way equal to all our conceptions of Jehovah's glory, more than by a way so gracious, so wonderful, and so passing all understanding, as that of taking them from nothing, yea, from worse than nothing, and constituting them a church, a people in Christ, His dear Son, to be the everlasting monument of His glory and praise, in the realms of eternity for ever? Well might the prophet exclaim, and well mayest thou join the song: "Sing, O ye heavens; for the Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the Lord hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified Himself in Israel." 

-Robert Hawker (1753-1827 A.D.)  

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