The King's Daughter—Part 6—Our Power and Influence

Psalm 45

This series of articles was inspired by my journey of discovering God's eternal love, which set me free. This piece discusses how God considers His daughters precious and valuable. I wrote and arranged these lessons for a women's conference our church hosted. This study centers on the following portion of Scripture.

Kings' daughters are among Your honorable women;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir.
Listen, O daughter,
Consider and incline your ear;
Forget your own people also, and your father's house;
So the King will greatly desire your beauty;
Because He is your Lord, worship Him.
And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift;
The rich among the people will seek your favor.
The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace
Her clothing is woven with gold.
She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors;
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to You.
With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought;
They shall enter the King’s palace.

— Psalm 45:9-15

Sometimes, one of the most significant challenges for women is believing they are loved. Many of us have spent much of our lives trying to convince ourselves we are truly loved through the drama of our relationships.

On this leg of my journey, I have concluded that true, eternal, everlasting love can only be realized through a relationship with our Father in Heaven through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Some of us have entered into that relationship but have not truly understood our position as the King's daughters or fully grasped the emotional depth of His love. This understanding is God's will in Christ Jesus.

... that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

— Ephesians 3:17

This lesson will address the benefits of being a beloved, powerful, and influential daughter of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

Marie Antoinette being transformed from Austrian to all things French
by Heinrich Lossow

A Gospel Transformation

"And the daughter (citizens) of Tyre will come with a tribute;
The rich among the people will seek your presence. "

— Psalm 45:12

On the Gospel that drew us near to God and saved us, Benson's Commentary makes the following note.

"The Tyrians ... before many others, were to be converted to Christ."

The Lord Jesus displayed in us will attract others to follow Him, too.

When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon.
— Mark 3:8

Now that we have heard, believed, walked, and experienced the truth, we have been transformed in how we think, behave, and respond.

But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
— 2 Corinthians 3:18

The consciousness of His love becomes part of us, producing new habits of living and inviting new experiences and relationships. Love and confidence are attractive qualities. Most of the world looks for them in many lost, dead-end ways, or at least pretends externally that they have them. These genuine qualities can only be found in fellowship with Christ as our Lord, which introduces the plan of salvation we have experienced. He wishes us to share it with everyone.

Clothed In His Righteousness

"The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace;
Her clothing is woven with gold."

— Psalm 45:13

Now, we can see our beauty, and so can everyone else. What was once dead and dormant in us is now resurrected and reflected. Our garments of shame are replaced.

I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall be joyful in my God; For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation; He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
— Isaiah 61:10

The word Woven means "worked into a shape of artistry." It also means elaborately embellished, like the setting of a gem. Isaiah 62:2 says we are a royal diadem (jeweled crown) in the hand of our God, not in our own hands, nor in the hands of our husbands, children, bosses, or friends. Only in God's hands will we find our beauty.

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
— Ephesians 2:10
“But now, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our potter; and all we are the work of Your hand.”
—Isaiah 64:8

The NIV says her gown is "interwoven" with gold. In the Bible, gold reflects God's divine nature and character within us, interwoven through faith and trial. As we spend time in the King's chambers, beholding His beauty and basking in His love, we will drop our fig leaves of shame and put on the robe woven with His nature and qualities, choosing, with each trial and circumstance, to trust Him.

One thing I have desired of the LORD,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD,
And to inquire in His temple.

— Psalm 27:4

This verse in our study also says that we are now all glorious within. This Hebrew word for glory, "kavod," means being weighty in terms of substance and value. God's forgiveness, redemption, healing, and love have filled us inside and given our lives real meaning, substance, and value.

Samuel Begg

Brought Before the King

"She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors; The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to You. With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought to You."

— Psalm 45:14

We women are influential by nature. Influence is a powerful force that can be used for good or for ill, and we see many examples of this in the female personalities portrayed in the Scriptures.

The crooked places are made straight, and the rough places are made smooth. Hopefully, those who have not known God but have witnessed the good work He is doing in us will desire to see the King, too, and will be brought unto Him.

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit ...
— Matthew 28:19

We will not discover the heights and depths of God's love for us by consulting friends, husbands, or our experiences. God will not compete with our other lovers. We will truly realize this truth only by spending time with the King, believing what He says, and living in His truth.

In conclusion, I pray that women will enter into a relationship with their Savior God. In that relationship, they will be delivered from everything that has stood in the way of fulfilling the powerful and influential purpose God has for them, whether that obstacle is, was, or will be a personal sin or the effects of another's sin.

No life situation, event, circumstance, sin, or regret can trump God's love for us. Once we realize this, we are set free.

He Loves Me

Petals from a daisy flower
Plucked from its own stigma
Beheld in childlike wonder
And pondering the enigma

With the tossing of the petals
That say He loves me so
In spite of graceless blunders
And the awkwardness I show

He knows my faults and failures
Deficiencies and blame
Yet with the toss of every petal
The message is the same
"He loves me"