8/19 Psalm 9:19-20
Arise, O LORD! Do not let mere mortals defy you! Let the nations be judged in your presence! Make them tremble in fear, O LORD. Let them know they are merely human. Interlude
FEAR
Our Lord God Almighty is a God that should make people shake with fear especially those that are not in His family. The fool in his heart says there is no god. This does not shake the Lord. God is God and He is eternal. The Lord will bring everyone and every nation to the bar of justice and in that day all accounts will be settled. Eternity begins now but it lasts forever.
Author - Clay Corvin
8/18 Psalm 9:18
For the needy will not be forgotten forever; the hopes of the poor will not always be crushed.
LOVED
We struggle every day. The Lord is always aware of what is going on in our life. He will never forget our struggles and will walk with us through each one of them. The poor struggle and suffer more than we can realize. All of God’s children are taken care of it is just so difficult for us in our limited wisdom to reconcile the plight of the poor and the LOVE of the Lord. The key for us is to remember that God is a good God and He always does what is right. GOD LOVES YOU.
8/17 Psalm 9:17
The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
JUSTICE
God will mete out justice. This is not our responsibility. We live daily striving to serve and grow. One of the real obstacles of growth in our spiritual life is to get wound up trying to decide how “justice is going to be served.” This is something we cannot understand. What we do understand is that God is good and everything He does is good; and we can trust the Lord that all He is doing is in our best interest. Then we move along in our daily life. Bad things happen, remember God is good. Good things happen, God is good. Live life with a growing awareness that God is good. This keeps us on the right track.
8/16 Psalm 9:15-16
The nations have fallen into the pit they dug for others. They have been caught in their own trap. The LORD is known for his justice. The wicked have trapped themselves in their own snares. Quiet Interlude
JUSTICE
Do the next right thing. Do not look to the right or to the left but instead look to the Lord always. Ask Him what you should do and then do it. Be quick to serve and slow to condemn. Trust the Lord that He will provide justice and doesn’t need our advice. Do the next right thing.
8/15 Psalm 9:13-14
LORD, have mercy on me. See how I suffer at the hands of those who hate me. Snatch me back from the jaws of death. Save me, so I can praise you publicly at Jerusalem’s gates, so I can rejoice that you have rescued me.
LIFE
Life is precarious and is like a vapor. One minute we are healthy and strong and then it seems as though only a few moments and we are sickly and weak. Life is brief. The Lord shepherds us through our entire life. Only the Lord knows the day and hour that we will go from this life to the next. He will rescue us whatever we face so that we can truthfully say that nothing can destroy us. We will be with the Lord from this day forever more.
8/14 Psalm 9:11-12
Sing praises to the LORD who reigns in Jerusalem. Tell the world about his unforgettable deeds. For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless. He does not ignore those who cry to him for help.
PRAISE
Praise the Lord. He reigns. He cares. God is good. He loves you and wants to be involved in your life. Praise the Lord for He is worthy of all praise. He will hear you when you cry out. Praise the Lord.
8/13 Psalm 9:9-10
The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, have never abandoned anyone who searches for you.
SEEK
Seek the Lord. When you seek Him with all your heart you will find Him. Life is hard and the Lord will sustain you during hard times. Seek the Lord each day. Seek the Lord as you live your life. Seek the Lord.
8/12 Psalm 9:6-8
My enemies have met their doom; their cities are perpetual ruins. Even the memory of their uprooted cities is lost. But the LORD reigns forever, executing judgment from his throne. He will judge the world with justice and rule the nations with fairness.
JUSTICE
The Lord knows all things from the beginning to the end. Only the Lord can mete out justice. Take great care in how you criticize, condemn and complain. What we perceive as justice isn’t. We don’t know the whole story. We cannot understand what is taking place on the stage of life therefore we must take great care in how we deal with and adjudicate others. Be careful who you condemn. The Lord is the only righteous judge.
8/11 Psalm 9:4-5
For you have judged in my favor; from your throne, you have judged with fairness. You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked; you have wiped out their names forever.
FATHER
The Lord loves His children and I am one of them. I claim Jesus as Lord and Savior of my life for He had forgiven my sin and bestowed His righteousness upon me. The Lord takes my pain and difficulties seriously. He will mete out His justice one day and His justice will operate on my behalf for in Christ I am forgiven. I do not rejoice in the destruction of anyone or anything instead I rejoice in Jesus.
8/10 Psalm 9:2-3
I will be filled with joy because of you. I will sing praises to your name, O Most High. My enemies turn away in retreat; they are overthrown and destroyed before you.
JOY
We have lasting joy from the presence of God in our life. He indwells us. He is involved in our day to day life. The Lord is knows in a way that is more intimate than anything we can think say or do because He knows everything in a way that we cannot comprehend. The Lord is good and His every thought towards us is good. Therefore I have His joy in me. He first loved me.