88 Psalm 94:1-10 God is Not Blind! recovery devotional
JMD Devotional 88 Psalm 94:1-10 God is Not Blind!
O LORD God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation! Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph and exult? They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily. They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan. Yet they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it.
Consider and understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise? He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see? He Who disciplines and instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge?
People often mistake God's restraint for impotence, indifference or acceptance. They mock authority and flaunt their rebellion believing it will never catch up to them. What escapes such people is that God has set limits on His mercy and conditions on His salvation and has high standards for His people. Judgment will come, swift and certain, in God's timetable. He has given everyone a heavenly account in which we can store up blessing or wrath depending upon our relationship to Him. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom...
Dear God,
May I never forget how you dealt with those who polluted the land in Biblical times with their vile sin and iniquity. If the Earth itself would 'vomit them out of it', how careful we should be to keep a pure heart before You! The fact that nothing escapes your notice is both a terror and a comfort; please continue to make me into an acceptable recipient of your grace and mercy.
Amen
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O LORD God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation! Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph and exult? They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily. They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan. Yet they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it.
Consider and understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise? He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see? He Who disciplines and instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge?
People often mistake God's restraint for impotence, indifference or acceptance. They mock authority and flaunt their rebellion believing it will never catch up to them. What escapes such people is that God has set limits on His mercy and conditions on His salvation and has high standards for His people. Judgment will come, swift and certain, in God's timetable. He has given everyone a heavenly account in which we can store up blessing or wrath depending upon our relationship to Him. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom...
Dear God,
May I never forget how you dealt with those who polluted the land in Biblical times with their vile sin and iniquity. If the Earth itself would 'vomit them out of it', how careful we should be to keep a pure heart before You! The fact that nothing escapes your notice is both a terror and a comfort; please continue to make me into an acceptable recipient of your grace and mercy.
Amen
All (but*) quotes are from The Amplified Bible, published by
the Lockman Foundation. (AMP)
Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation
*New International Version (NIV)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
**Scripture taken from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. (Eugene Peterson's easy-to-read, contemporary Scripture translation)
If you know of someone who would like to subscribe to
my daily devotional, please forward.
jamesdinsmore_32907@yahoo.com
Short, concise, thought-provoking.
More features:
My Poetry
http://saintjamespoetry.blog.com/
(Some) of my Devotionals
http://recoverydevotional.blogspot.com/
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