I'm back. Instead of going into why I've been away so long, and why I haven't started a new blog like I said I would, I'm going to just pick up as if I've never left. Sometimes new ideas are not good ideas. And let's just say I needed the break.
Now I'm neither a prophet nor making a prophecy here. I was reading and meditating on Psalm 2 this morning. And as I read, it was as if King David were living and writing in 2009. Check this out:
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, "Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us."
He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, "As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."
I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
(Psalms 2:1-12)
That is both scary and comforting!! And it is a clear warning to those in power who are using that Divinely appointed power to oppose God. I believe that the state America finds herself in today is not due soley to politics and economics, but due to the increasing hostility towards God due to the depravity of man. John Piper received many nasty rebukes in response to his post about the
tornadoes in Minnesota. I'd have to agree with Dr. Piper that every negative thing we experience, whether it be tornadoes and tsunamis, cancer and H1N1, or falling economies and political unrest, are warnings to all of humanity to turn and repent of sinning against God.
Furthermore, with words like "communism" and "socialism" being used more frequently today, and after examining past and current governments that are run according to these idealogoies, I believe it is crystal clear that at the root of communism/socialism is atheism/humanism. In other words, those who align themselves with those type of ideas have, not theoretically, but practically, waged war against the God of the universe. And this Psalm is clear that those who do that will find themselves on the wrong end of the sword. I pray that today's leaders, not only in America, but throughout the world, will heed this warning, repent and fall down and worship the One True God.
But as for me, my hope is in the Lord.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
(Psalms 46:1-3)
Soli Deo Gloria!
