The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 28:4-5,
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"Repay them [the wicked] for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands have done and bring back on them what they deserve. Because they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord and what his hands have done, he will tear them down and never build them up again."
There are two sets of deeds done by two different sets of hands in this psalm. That which the wicked have done with their hands (anyone who has rejected the Lord is considered wicked in the Scriptures) and that which the Lord has done with his hands.
The deeds done by these different hands could not be more polar opposite. What the wicked do expresses who and what they are. Those deeds manifest what is in their hearts and calls for God's judgment of them. Here is what their deeds look like, "They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy." Romans 1:29-31. Furthermore, they have "no regard for the deeds of the Lord and what his hands have done."
What the Lord does expresses who he is, his character and nature. Those deeds manifest what is in his heart as well. In my mind, the greatest expression wrought by the hands of the Lord was when he sent his one and only Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to pay the penalty for the sins of all mankind.
In an incredible act of love he made a way for anyone who so wishes to enter into God's family - eternal life. The apostle John expresses it this way, "This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." 1 John 4:9-10. This is exactly what the wicked have no regard for when it comes to the deeds of the Lord.
There are two sets of deeds done by two different sets of hands in this psalm. That which the wicked have done with their hands (anyone who has rejected the Lord is considered wicked in the Scriptures) and that which the Lord has done with his hands.
The deeds done by these different hands could not be more polar opposite. What the wicked do expresses who and what they are. Those deeds manifest what is in their hearts and calls for God's judgment of them. Here is what their deeds look like, "They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy." Romans 1:29-31. Furthermore, they have "no regard for the deeds of the Lord and what his hands have done."
What the Lord does expresses who he is, his character and nature. Those deeds manifest what is in his heart as well. In my mind, the greatest expression wrought by the hands of the Lord was when he sent his one and only Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to pay the penalty for the sins of all mankind.
In an incredible act of love he made a way for anyone who so wishes to enter into God's family - eternal life. The apostle John expresses it this way, "This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." 1 John 4:9-10. This is exactly what the wicked have no regard for when it comes to the deeds of the Lord.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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