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Posted by Psalms on Monday, 18 January 2016
Psalms 147:10
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
147:10. He delighteth not in the strength of the horse. He cares as much for helpless birds in the nest as for the war-horse in the pride of its power.
He taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. These are the athlete’s glory, but God has no pleasure in them. Not the capacities of the creature, but rather its weakness and necessity win the regard of our God. Monarchs trust in their cavalry and infantry; but physical or material greatness and power are of no account with Jehovah; he has respect to other and more precious qualities. Men who boast in the valor of gigantic might will not find themselves the favorites of God, who is a spirit and delights most in spiritual things. The expression of the text may be viewed as including all creature power, even of a mental or moral kind. God does not take pleasure in us because of our attainments, or potentialities: he respects character rather than capacity.
Excerpt from:
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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