Too, the oppressor(s) have turned up the urgency, and volume decrying that there is a *GOD*; leaving the vulnerable, uninformed, or the weak, to a more confused, and deluded mindset! Partly because the world demands absolute TANGIBLE proof, though they consider not finding THE LORD in ALL, and EVERYTHING!!!
THE DAY IS COMING, and so, HIS OWN SHOULD be shouting over the distractions, and noise of the world, THAT at least everyone hears of HIM, if not able to SEE HIM in HIS people! Souls ARE at great risk, and the more carnal, complacent, and chaotic the world gets, the greater the importance of doing so!!!
Those who are NOT OF HIM WON'T receive the vision, or hearing to be able to do so, BUT these very people ARE those whom influence those who lack knowledge, or understanding, HENCE OUR WORK! WE, HIS Chosen, HAVE DUTIES, and RESPONSIBILITIES TO CUT THROUGH the chatter, and to REVEAL HIM to the masses, DESPITE the tactics intended to shroud THE TRUTH, as well as the effectiveness of our efforts!!!
We MUST, EVER IN FAITH, PRAY to THE LORD FOR ALL; we must INVOKE HIM; we must PRAISE HIM, WORSHIP HIM, REJOICE IN HIM, THEN, IN FAITHFULNESS, HONOUR HIM; we MUST LOVE AS HE LOVES; we MUST EVER DO, and BE GOOD; we MUST SHOW HIM to the world, and we MUST EMBRACE IN THANKFULNESS, our PARTNERSHIP WITH HIM, as we FOLLOW HIM, bearing our crosses, AMEN!!!
PSALM 94...
1+++O LORD, God of vengeance,
God of vengeance, shine forth!
2+++Rise up, O Judge of the earth,
Render recompense to the proud.
3+++How long shall the wicked, O LORD,
How long shall the wicked exult?
4+++They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly;
All who do wickedness vaunt themselves.
5+++They crush Your people, O LORD,
And afflict Your heritage.
6+++They slay the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.
7+++They have said, “The LORD does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”
8+++Pay heed, you senseless among the people;
And when will you understand, stupid ones?
9+++He who planted the ear, does He not hear?
He who formed the eye, does He not see?
10+++He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke,
Even He who teaches man knowledge?
11+++The LORD knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath.
12+++Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O LORD,
And whom You teach out of Your law;
13+++That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14+++For the LORD will not abandon His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
15+++For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
16+++Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?
17+++If the LORD had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18+++If I should say, “My foot has slipped,”
Your lovingkindness, O LORD, will hold me up.
19+++When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your consolations delight my soul.
20+++Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises mischief by decree?
21+++They band themselves together against the life of the righteous
And condemn the innocent to death.
22+++But the LORD has been my stronghold,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
23+++He has brought back their wickedness upon them
And will destroy them in their evil;
The LORD our God will destroy them.
We may with boldness appeal to God; for he is the almighty Judge by whom every man is judged. Let this encourage those who suffer wrong, to bear it with silence, committing themselves to Him who judges righteously. These prayers are prophecies, which speak terror to the sons of violence. There will come a day of reckoning for all the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against God, his truths, and ways, and people. It would hardly be believed, if we did not witness it, that millions of rational creatures should live, move, speak, hear, understand, and do what they purpose, yet act as if they believed that God would not punish the abuse of his gifts. As all knowledge is from God, no doubt he knows all the thoughts of the children of men, and knows that the imaginations of the thoughts of men's hearts are only evil, and that continually. Even in good thoughts there is a want of being fixed, which may be called vanity. It concerns us to keep a strict watch over our thoughts, because God takes particular notice of them. Thoughts are words to God.
That man is blessed, who, under the chastening of the Lord, is taught his will and his truths, from his holy word, and by the Holy Spirit. He should see mercy through his sufferings. There is a rest remaining for the people of God after the days of their adversity, which shall not last always. He that sends the trouble, will send the rest.
The psalmist found succour and relief only in the Lord, when all earthly friends failed. We are beholden, not only to God's power, but to his pity, for spiritual supports; and if we have been kept from falling into sin, or shrinking from our duty, we should give him the glory, and encourage our brethren. The psalmist had many troubled thoughts concerning the case he was in, concerning the course he should take, and what was likely to be the end of it. The indulgence of such contrivances and fears, adds to care and distrust, and renders our views more gloomy and confused. Good men sometimes have perplexed and distressed thoughts concerning God. But let them look to the great and precious promises of the gospel. The world's comforts give little delight to the soul, when hurried with melancholy thoughts; but God's comforts bring that peace and pleasure which the smiles of the world cannot give, and which the frowns of the world cannot take away. God is his people's Refuge, to whom they may flee, in whom they are safe, and may be secure. And he will reckon with the wicked. A man cannot be more miserable than his own wickedness will make him, if the Lord visit it upon him.
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