Yours, O Lord

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O Lord, and You exalt Yourself as head over all.”  1 Chronicles 29:11

This is one of the great doxologies of Scripture, originally a part of King David’s prayer at the time of Solomon’s coronation as his successor. Although David and Solomon were the greatest kings of Israel, and two of the greatest kings in the world of their age, David rightly acknowledged that the Lord Himself was the true King, not only of Israel, but of all heaven and earth. He is Head, the Supreme Ruler, over all.

This is the first occurrence in Scripture of the great testimony of worship: “Yours is the dominion.” In the modern world, however, there are relatively few who acknowledge Him as King of Creation. Except for a small minority, most people believe that the universe has evolved, and man is king.

But David’s prayer will be echoed again in the great prayer of the cherubim: “Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created” (Rev. 4:11). Then, soon afterwards, “the four and twenty elders” utter their prayer: “We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign” (Rev. 11:17).

Someday, every knee will bow and every tongue shall confess Him as King of kings and Lord of lords. “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion...Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth...How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!” (Psalm 2:6, 10, 12). In that day, “There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him” (Rev. 22:3).