Psalm
10:16-18 “The Lord is King for ever and ever . . .”
Song: Rejoice, the Lord is
King!
Rejoice,
the Lord is King:
Your
Lord and King adore!
Rejoice,
give thanks and sing,
And
triumph ever more.
Lift
up your heart, lift up your voice!
Rejoice,
again I say, rejoice!
[Lyrics: Charles Wesley,
Sing His Praise]
The
Holy Spirit sang this joyful song to me when I arose from the bed in early
morning. So I joined with Him and sang this joyful song several times by
memory. Thy Word have I hid in mine
heart that I might worship Him in spirit. I searched the technology Bible on
the “Lord is King.” I found one in Psalm 10:16. I read the whole chapter 10 and
I was surprised to see how one verse gave hope in spite of ‘despairing’
chapter.
Psalm
10:16-18 “The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of
his land. Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou will prepare
their heart, thou will cause thine ear to hear; to judge the fatherless and the
oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.”
Reading
from King James Bible on commentary gave me an idea of how David viewed God’s
behavior toward the wicked people who persecuted and murdered the innocent.
David
complained about evil people and asked God why isn’t He doing something about
it? David interceded before God and
prayed this prayer.
“Lord,
rise up and punish the wicked” (Psalm 10:12).
“The wicked think, “God has forgotten us. He doesn’t see what is happening” (Psalm
10:11). “They say to themselves, “God won’t punish us” (Psalm 10:13). David asked, “Why do wicked people hate God?”
(Ps. 10:13). David prayed, “Lord, surely you see these cruel and evil things;
look at them and do something.” (Ps. 10:14).
“Break
the power of wicked people. Punish them for the evil they have done.” (Psalm
10:15) “The Lord is King for ever and ever.
Destroy from your land those nations that do not worship You.” (Psalm
10:16)
The
point is that when Christ returns to earth to reign as a King, He will destroy
all evil, according to Matthew 25:31-46. After a 1,000 years of reign, once
again Christ will cast Satan and its evil people into the lake of fire forever.
And finally peace at last!
So
what do we do when we kept hearing about bad things that are happening around
us? David’s prayer was to trust God to take care of this problem; that we are
to keep praying for people who don’t believe in God; we are to keep praying
that God will keep us in His care; that we continue our intercessory prayers
for all of us; and to look forward to the day that Christ will reign as King
and rejoice that He is King.
Rejoice,
the Lord is King!
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