YOUR HORN SHALL BE EXALTED
Memorise: Bless the LORD, O my soul: and
all that is within me, bless his holy name. Psalm 103:1
Read: 1st Samuel 2:1-2, Bible
in one year: Jeremiah 31:31-32:44, Acts 21:17-36
The word “horn” is used both literally
and symbolically in the Bible. It is used to describe the keratin-based growth
on the head of animals. The horn of dead animals is sometimes converted to
musical instruments or used as vessel for anointing oil. However, the horn has
significant metaphorical meanings. It is a symbol of power, help, victory or
glory. To lift up the horn connotes success, while a broken horn denotes
defeat. It is with this understanding that Hannah rejoiced in the Lord by
saying my horn is exalted in the Lord. May the Name of the Lord be praised and
exalted for evermore in Jesus’ Name. As you meditate on the word of the Lord
today, your horn shall be exalted in Jesus’ Name.
Exaltation has a spiritual connotation.
It means to glorify, lift high, promote or raise a person to a higher status or
position. It therefore follows that exaltation is of the Lord and only God and
God alone is worthy of exaltation. However, Hannah said “my horn is exalted in
the Lord”. Psalm 75:6-7 also says,
“For
promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.”
This means that God can choose to exalt
a person. In the Bible, we see some beneficiaries of the special grace and
mercy of God in this regard. They include Abraham, Joseph, Hannah, Moses,
Joshua, David and Solomon.
God caused Joshua to be exalted in
Joshua 3:7:
“And
the Lord said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight
of all Israel ,
that they know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.”
This same God is still alive today; He
doesn’t change. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Today, He will
visit you with His love, mercy and favour. The Bible in Psalm 75:10 says,
“All
the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous
shall be exalted.”
Because you are made righteous by the
blood of Jesus, you are a special candidate for exaltation. Your horn shall be
exalted in the mighty Name of Jesus.
Action Point
Learn humility. Humility leads to exaltation.
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