- Exalt horn
Psalm 92:10a
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn:
The horn is a symbol of power, usually when strength and authority is combined in a mighty army and its strong king; a horn can impose its will on others. The legendary creature called a unicorn was told about since ancient times. Unicorns were symbols of great strength and power, like a dragon though not necessarily evil.
The promise is that the Lord will give me more power in the presence of my enemies; the Lord’s enemies will perish and evildoers scattered; and while the Lord is winning victory after victory in spiritual battle He is giving me more and more power. Jesus does not actually imbue my body with muscles; He is increasing my strength and authority to defeat the Enemy; but it is His power and “all authority given to Him” that He is using through me, so that it feels to me as if it is my own power that is being used. Jesus is actually exercising the power through my words and actions. The Lord is exercising spiritual power through me as an instrument, though it may feel like me doing it. The exalted power comes through things like: preaching the Gospel, witnessing to Christ, serving and loving my neighbor, praying a blessing on enemies and other people, overcoming temptation, forgiving those who hurt me, apologizing and humbly reconciling, being kind and gentle, and such other “strength through weakness” words and activities.
The most powerful good works that we do that have real spiritual power to tear down strongholds, demolish the gates of hell, and drive away the enemies do not look like strength and power, but appear as weakness and humility (like the cross). The death of Christ unleashed more power than ten thousand nuclear bombs, for it was the awesome and overwhelming power of love. This is the kind of power that God uses to “exalt my horn.”