Devotion for Today: 13 September 2007 Devotion for Today "Why Do the Nations Rage?" Psalm 2

13 September 2007 Devotion for Today "Why Do the Nations Rage?" Psalm 2

The story is told of a newly elected politician who was

visiting Washington, D.C. to get acquainted. He was visiting in the

home of one of the ranking senators who was trying to interpret the

bizarre wonder of the capital. As they stood looking out over the

Potomac River, an old, rotten, deteriorating log floated by on the river.

The old-timer said, "This city is like that log out there." The

fledgling politician asked, "How's that?" The senator replied, "Well,

there are probably over 100,000 grubs, ants, bugs, and critters on that

old log as it floats down the river. And I imagine every one of them

thinks that he's steering it!"

That is fairly close to God's perspective of prideful man in

the world in which we live when the Psalmist says, "Why do the nations

rage, and the peoples plot in vain. The kings of the earth take their

stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His

Anointed One. Let us break their chains," they say, "and throw off

their fetters." Psalm 2:1-3. Yet it says that "The One enthroned in

heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them." v. 4. God must have contempt

for a lot of things that we do, especially when we do not acknowledge

Him, or even worse, when we try to deny God's power and authority over

the course of this world. Like at the Tower of Babel, all of our grand

efforts are thrown into confusion when we start believing that we can

do anything without God's help.

However, know that God does not have contempt for the people;

just the things that people do. And He says, "Ask of me, and I will make

the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession." v.8.

It is not wrong to make plans and set goals as long as we remember to

consult God, and include Him in them, and follow His leading. He sees

and knows the way so much better than we do.

Do you have a plan today? Make certain that it has His approval,

and know that if you need anything, all you ever need to do is ask.

Have a blessed day!

25 April 2000

Rev. Jeffery C. Russell
Salem Baptist Church
Elizabeth City, NC
jefferyrussell@embarqmail.com

jcrussell@liberty.edu

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