Sept.
11, 2017 Monday Message:
“Help
me, Lord my God; save me according
to your unfailing love.” Psalms
109:26 NIV
We
don’t know which event caused David to send Psalm 109 to the worship leaders.
Clearly someone was making David’s life miserable, or some opposing country was
making Israel’s life miserable. The text contains an exceptional number of
curses and bad wishes against the oppressors. David was asking God to
intervene, to stop the insults, persecution and evil behavior.
Sometimes
insults, persecution and evil fall into all our lives. We’re not altogether
different from David.
Which
opens up the greater question: “Does God ever let sin like that go unpunished?”
The short answer is, “no.” “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. Deut. 32:35, Romans
12:19-20
But
we don’t know God’s timetable for setting things right, and in fact, we’re told
to not concern ourselves with those details. Knowing that Jesus is returning
soon, we should always be very joyful. Jesus said, “You will be happy when
people are not kind to you and do bad things to you. You will be happy because
you love me, even when they say many bad things about you that are not true.” Matt. 5:11
Sometimes
it’s challenging, but let God handle the retribution while you handle the joy
of knowing Jesus. Like the song says, “Don’t worry – be happy!”
Norton
Lawellin
Let’s
worship together! Jesus in the City Fellowship gathers next Sunday, Sept. 17,
2017, 3249 30th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406, 10:30 AM. We’ll use
John 17 to set up our Corinthians series this fall. See you at church!
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