Shalom,
Psalm 10:12-14:
12 Arise, O LORD! O God, lift up Your hand; forget not the humble [patient and crushed]. 13 Why does the wicked [man] condemn (spurn and renounce) God? Why has he thought in his heart, You will not call to account? 14 You have seen it; yes, You note trouble and grief (vexation) to requite it with Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Why DO the wicked mock God and think that nothing will ever happen to them? Because of the long-suffering of God! 2 Peter 3:9:
9 The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people's conception of slowness, but he is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance.
He SAID that vengeance belongs to Him (Romans 12:19), but He desires that they repent BEFORE He must act! He gives them as much time as possible to change their thinking to agree with Him! But He WILL act. Verses 17-18:
17 O LORD, You have heard the desire and the longing of the humble and oppressed; You will prepare and strengthen and direct their hearts, You will cause Your ear to hear, 18 To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, may not terrify them any more.
Here is "Glory To The King" by Hillsong that goes right along with these verses!
Here are some very direct and powerful Words direct from the lips of Jesus Himself! Matthew 10:32-33:
32 Therefore, everyone who acknowledges Me before men and confesses Me [out of a state of oneness with Me], I will also acknowledge him before My Father Who is in heaven and confess [that I am abiding in] him. 33 But whoever denies and disowns Me before men, I also will deny and disown him before My Father Who is in heaven.
Pretty straight-forward isn't it? That is why Jesus brought Peter back into fellowship by asking him three times if he loved Him. Peter had denied even knowing Jesus three times on the night that Jesus was arrested. Have YOU acknowledged and confessed Him before men? If not, click on The Spoken Word Church link to the left and find out how. Then send us an email to let us know about it! THE most important decision you will ever make in this life! It determines YOUR eternity! AMEN!
Ecclesiastes 8:11-13 also goes along well with the Psalm for today!
11 Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, the hearts of the sons of men are fully set to do evil. 12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days [seemingly] are prolonged [in his wickedness], yet surely I know that it will be well with those who [reverently] fear God, who revere and worship Him, realizing His continual presence. 13 But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not [reverently] fear and worship God.
Though it SEEMS like God's judgment is taking a long time, it WILL come! Make sure that YOU are on the side of GRACE! AMEN!
Shalom in Him!
