We will be looking at Psalm 24 today. Verses 1-2:
1THE EARTH is the Lord's, and the fullness of it, the world and they who dwell in it.2For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the currents and the rivers.
I LOVE this verse! The earth is the Lord's! It ALL belongs to Him! I want to establish that Truth with a few more verses:
John 1:3All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.
Haggai 2:8The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, says the Lord of hosts.
Psalm 50:10For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills or upon the mountains where thousands are.
All of this belongs to God, AND, because we are coheirs together with Jesus of Nazareth, we have a great stake in it, too! The last part of verse 1 also says that the PEOPLE of the earth belong to God! Psalm 2:8 shows what our attitude, AS coheirs with Jesus, should be concerning the people of the world.
8Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
This should be our prayer, as born again believers, for the unbelievers of the world. We KNOW this is the will of God because we have His Word on that, too, in 2 Peter 3:9:
9The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.
How exciting to know that the SOVEREIGN God, Who is still in control, has set this all up because of His great love for us! How can we not give Him first place and priority in our lives? I love verse 10 of Psalm 24, also!
10Who is [He then] this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah [pause, and think of that]!
THAT is our god! Hallelujah! Praise Him!
Shalom in Him!
