Psalm 94:3-7 sounds a lot like our times!
3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph and exult? 4 They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily. 5 They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. 6 They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan. 7 Yet they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it.
Christians and Jews are seeing persecution rise, even here, in this nation! The Democratic Party tried to vote God right out of their platform! Bills are being presented in order to take away each of our God-given rights that were ensured by our Founders through the Constitution and the Bill of Rights! This current White House occupant has signed more Executive orders than ANY president in history and more than all of his predecessors combined! These bypass our elected officials! This current administration supports fully funded abortion, even partial birth abortion, and now some have come forward to claim the murder of an abortion survivor as an "after birth abortion"! Does that NOT sound exactly like what we read above? They don't realize that the God of the Bible DOES, most certainly, SEE IT ALL! What will He do? Look at verses 8-11 and verse 23:
8 Consider and understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise? 9 He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see? 10 He Who disciplines and instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge? 11 The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile—only a breath).
23 And He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.
What should OUR attitude be through all of this? Look at verses 12-19:
12 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, 13 That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked. 14 For the Lord will not cast off nor spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage. 15 For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. 16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? 17 Unless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence. 18 When I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, held me up. 19 In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul!
Did you ever realize just how powerful the Old Testament promises are! We have a better Covenant, based on better promises! THESE sound very good, and for us, they are AT LEAST this good! Amen! Don't ever forget just who YOU are, IN HIM! Don't fall for the lies and scare tactics of the enemy! He cannot operate in YOUR life when YOU understand and use your God-given authority! Amen! Here is "King of Heaven" by Hillsong Untied from the new Zion album:
Shalom in Him!
