"The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted." (Psalm 46:6)
Or, "The people groups were boisterous; the earth dissolved." King Jesus is King of the Kingdom and King of the Universe, King of every People Group, all nations. People whose loyalty is to a gender, ethnicity, political philosophy, to anyone or anything other than the Lord God will be, "dissolved." That is a very strong word. Yet men and nations, and too many in Christendom, continue to conduct themselves as though our text is just some Sunday School memory verse, something for preachers.
You and I, as Followers of King Jesus, believe/accept/walk in our text. China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, American Democrats and Republicans are all in the "raging" business. Many think that their "rage" is against each other, but the reality is, "The nations rage[]," is directed, as Psalm 2 tells us, "....against the Lord and against His Anointed (Messiah, Christ')...." America and the world is accelerating towards the resulting abyss at an ever-increasing pace. And time is "running out."
The verse following our text declares, "The Lord is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge." This is Jesus' promise, covenant, declaration to you and me today. When Jesus cried, "It is finished," from His Cross, He was declaring an Eternal Truth. In His Blood, Death, Resurrection, Ascension and Soon-Second-Appearing, Jesus reveals the "power" of His Forgiveness and Reign. You remember what the Bible tells us, "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days....Evil men will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived."
Yet in the midst of this, "bad to worse," scenario, you and I, are, "under the Shadow of the Almighty." This dose not mean that we just stand or rest there. Rather, we continue in the battle for the hearts and minds of men, while taking comfort and assurance that in Jesus Christ we have an impregnable, "God is our Refuge....Very Present."
Father, in Jesus' Name, help my friend and me to be living testimonies to Your Word. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
