Psalm 45:9 says, ‘The daughters of kings are among Your most prized;’ We are all the kings' daughters. As those born of the King, we-the believers, have a royal and honorable status. Our conducting ourselves according to that status is a glory to Christ (Eph. 4:1; 2 Thes. 1:11-12). We were poor sinners, but now we are royal, we are kingly.
We should not be proud, but we must all realize that we are kingly and honorable. When we walk on the street, do people sense something honorable about us? We should not forget we are kings' daughters and the most prized. This is praise about us, but it is praise to Christ. If others say, "Look at those poor Christians, what miserable beggars they are!" that is a shame to Christ. However, when people recognize or sense in us something of our royal and honorable estate, though they may not agree with us, that is a real glory to Christ.
Verse 9 also tells us that we are the church, we are all one queen, a corporate body, and now is at His right hand. The praise here is about the queen, but it goes to the King. For example, Brothers, if you have your dear wife standing at your side, and someone speaks commendably of her, you will feel happy. The praise is about your dear wife, but it goes to you. Every time we speak well of the church, Christ in heaven is made glad. When we say, "Praise the Lord for the church in Ontario in Eastvale District", our Lord is well pleased. Whenever we speak well of the local churches, it is a kind of praise to Christ. Our praises must be not only about Christ, but many times about the queen, about the churches.
In verse 10-11, we can find that sometimes even the instructions given to the local churches are the same as praises in the ears of Christ. The proper instructions given to the church make the church more really the church; therefore these too are praises. All the local churches must learn how to hear and how to forget, how to hear the Spirit's living, up-to-date speaking, and how to forget the past - the old relationships, the old ways, the old background.
The more we forget the past, the more beautiful we become in His eyes. Hallelujah! If we would leave all the past and go on with the Lord in a new way, we would obtain beauty in the King's eyes.
Out of the local churches
Shall praises make Thee glad,
And praises upon praises
Thy joyful saints shall add.
(Stanza 5)
Shall praises make Thee glad,
And praises upon praises
Thy joyful saints shall add.
(Stanza 5)
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Scriptural base & additional references
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1) Psalm 45:9 The daughters of kings are among Your most prized; / The queen stands at
Your right hand in the gold of Ophir.
10 Hear, O daughter, and see; and incline your ear; / And forget your people
and your father’s house;
11 Thus the King will desire your beauty. / Because He is your Lord, / Worship Him.
2) Christ and the Church Revealed and Typified in the Psalms, ch. 7
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