He Has Already Secured The Victory
This clip is part of the sermon "God Has Made Him Both Lord and Christ" by Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC on June 29, 2025.
Think about all that we have here in Psalm 110. You can understand why Martin Luther said it’s a beautiful Psalm, and the quintessence of the whole Bible. We have, at least in part, in this one Psalm the doctrine of the Trinity, the incarnation, the resurrection, the ascension, the session, the exaltation, the communion of the saints, the last judgement, justification, sanctification, and eternal life, so make room on your Mount Rushmore for Psalm 110.
Now you say, alright, we’re about done, what’s the application. Here’s the application. Jesus is Lord. Sometimes that’s the most important application you need. Yes, some sermons might be, here’s some practical steps how to pray more, how to read your Bible, or how to communicate better or how to forget. Lots of those things, all good, but sometimes the application is right here, look up, see Jesus, He’s Lord and king and prophet and priest, and judge, and He is exalted.
Remember who Jesus is and where He is. He is no longer in the manger, He’s no longer on the cross, He is in heaven reigning, ruling, interceding, and winning. Rally to Him, that’s verse 3. Offer yourselves freely to this king.
And you say, well you forgot one verse. Look at verse 7. And it is a little difficult to interpret and there’s some different ways, but here’s what I think it means. He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up his head. Now lifting up your head is an image of victory, but can you think of another story in the Old Testament, people drinking by the brook, lifting up their heads. Drinking by the brook, go down to the water, cup the water in your hands and they lifted up their heads. This is when Gideon went to look and the Lord says you have too many men, alright, you’re going to get 300 men and I want you to find the ones that are down by the brook getting a drink of water, cupping it in their hands, and lifting their heads. It might have been a small army, might have been a beleaguered army, but here they were ready to march off into battle.
I think there’s something here, an echo of Gideon and his men. Yes, the Christ rules among His enemies. We now await for all of those enemies to be placed under His feet and like a perfect movie ending with a wrap up, but yet moving forward, verse 7, pictures Christ and His people, here we are like Gideon’s men, lifting our heads up, drinking by the brook, aye, aye captain, ready to follow you wherever you lead in whatever battle is next for you are the Lord and you are the Christ. Let us gladly render our service in Christ’s army for He has already secured the victory.