I am a worm Psalm 22:6

January 10   I am a worm   Psalm 22:6

Psalm 22:6  But I am a worm, and no man;

a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

Man is naturally poor and proud, but grace strips him and humbles him in the dust. Here the highly favoured David, the man after God’s own heart, cries out, “I am a worm.”  How little, how despicable he appeared in his own eyes.

Every one that humbleth  himself shall be exalted.   You have looked at Bible saints, and have sighed out,    “Ah! They were not like me!”

My brother, are you not a poor, weak, worthless worm?    Do you not feel so?    Well, so did David.

The less you are in your own eyes, the more fit you are for the Lord Jesus, and the more welcome will you be at the throne of grace.

But this was the language also of David’s Lord; this was the view the Jews had of Him, and they treated Him accordingly. The brightness of glory is compared to a vile reptile;  the express image of the Father’s person is treated with the greatest contempt.

But it was for us men, and for our salvation, O mystery of mercy!     Jesus is reduced to a level with the worm, that we may be raised higher than the angels.

From Bethlehem’s inn to Calvary’s cross-

Afflection mark’d his road;

And many a weary step He took,

To bring us back to God.

By men depised, rejected, scorn’d

No beauty they can see;

With grace and glory all adorn’d

The loveliest  form to me.

J. Smith