Psalm 75
God's judgment is perfect both in timing and in justice. That is saying a lot. We tend to want justice, at least as we perceive it, now at this moment. This is usually a moment of our emotional peak. But God claims both time and justice as his own in verse 2.
Often the wicked carry on in arrogance and self-aggrandizement but only so long as circumstances are good and seem secure. But allow things to begin to melt or totter, and there is a sudden silence in their arrogant boasting. Whether God is working through direct interaction or providential events matters little. In the midst of the storm, fire, plague, or crisis, arrogance is a much less displayed characteristic.
In the midst of a crisis there is a tendency to look for rescue. The wicked will look in the wrong places, v. 6. Even in that moment they have a resistance to acknowledge God. It is God who puts down or exalts one or the other. So for our part, we are not intimidated by circumstances but praise the One who is over all things.
“Lord, use events and circumstances to grow our confidence in You. AMEN.”
