June 10, 2019
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Reading along with us in Psalms? Here’s today’s reading:
Psalm 75 (ESV)
We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks, for your name is near.
We recount your wondrous deeds......Continue Reading
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Psalm 75……. God said at the set time he would judge with equity. Iis evident that judgement Day has already been set in time.
What a difference another day/Psalm makes! In 74:1 it’s “Why have you rejected us forever, God?” and in 75:1 it’s “We give thanks to you, oh God, we give thanks, for your name is near.” And these are both by Asaph, who was a Levite in David’s court, responsible for worship, btw. But it just goes to show we cannot focus too much attention on circumstances or our personal feelings to determine who God is or how we internalize His actions. He is sovereign regardless of what we think or feel. So we will choose to come under that umbrella of power, comfort and provision or we will rebel against it. That is why verse 5 says don’t do it..don’t rebel against a God whose plan is going to be fulfilled anyways. And in His righteousness He has to come against people who oppose Him, because to oppose Him is to reject what is best for us (which God in love is looking out for) and to come against the sovereign ruler of the universe. God’s judgement on the proud makes far more sense than the proud rebelling against Him when you consider who God is…and it is also God’s prerogative, so we believe and embrace it regardless of what we think about it.
This reminded me of our study in Revelation:
“For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup,
And the wine is red;
It is fully mixed, and He pours it out;
Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth
Drain and drink down.”
This is the cup of God’s wrath.
So glad Christ drank that cup for us.
1 We give thanks to you, O God;
we give thanks, for your name is near.
We recount your wondrous deeds.
2 “At the set time that I appoint
I will judge with equity.
3 When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,
it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah
6 For not from the east or from the west
and not from the wilderness comes lifting up,
7 but it is God who executes judgment,
putting down one and lifting up another