majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Psalm 83:1,
"O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still."
Asaph calls out to God to take action against the enemies of Israel.
He asks God to not keep silent or not be still. He calls to God to do
to Edom, etc. what he had done to Midian, verse 9.
As I think of Asaph's call to God to not be silent against his
enemies, I think of all God has done since that time. Since then God
has been anything but silent at the times of his own choosing. After
the captivity of the remnant of Israel in Babylon and a period of 400
years or so, God sent a prophet, John the Baptist, who proclaimed the
Lord's coming. The Son of God entered the human race and while we were
God's enemies, he took our punishment on himself!
While here, Jesus laid the foundation for a new entity, the church.
After the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, he
sent his Holy Spirit to give birth to the church and enable it with
gifts to extend the Lord's offer of salvation to all men. God raised
up prophets in the early church, apostles who carried the gospel
message and wrote new Scripture for the church to use in its mission.
As Peter says in 2 Peter 1:20-21, "Above all, you must understand that
no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own
interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man,
but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit."
Imagine that! Men spoke from God as they were carried along by the
Holy Spirit! God is there and he is not silent!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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