Psalm 2

 Psalm 2

This song is a great comfort in the world of powerful leaders who reject God’s authority.  Since the Garden of Eden, man has tried to throw off God’s authority. Men have tried to establish their own laws, independent of and in defiance of God. From the eating of the forbidden fruit to the rewriting of the laws of nature about life, sex, or righteousness, man has tried to reorder the universe according to his own will.

While those of us who are followers of God may fret and fuss, at such action God laughs derisively. God looks down on these puny men and scoffs, holding them in contempt. These men may strut like a rooster or a bully in the schoolyard for a moment, but wait till something happens.

A hurricane and earthquake are disasters that are completely beyond their control, and man is reminded of how small he really is. What would you do if you directly faced God’s displeasure in power, and not the power veiled in nature? That person, those people, that nation that lives in defiance of the King of glory and God’s chosen One will be like a clay pot beaten by an iron club.

The reasonable thing to do is to turn to God while there is opportunity, to come to the Anointed One with worship, joy, reverence and fear. Those who do not are on tenterhooks. They are living on borrowed time and are slipping on the thin ice. Use whatever metaphor you like; there will come a moment when His fury will erupt and sudden doom will come.

“Thank You, Lord, that You are the King who is just. AMEN”