QT 7/26/2022 Ps 21:8-11, Sin is the problem, not the idea of a wrathful God

Psalm 21:8–11 (ESV) —

8 Your hand will find out all your enemies;

your right hand will find out those who hate you.

9 You will make them as a blazing oven

when you appear.

The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,

and fire will consume them.

10 You will destroy their descendants from the earth,

and their offspring from among the children of man.

11 Though they plan evil against you,

though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

 

NOTE: We struggle with the idea of God as a judge and a God who is full of wrath. But the real problem is not a problem with our concept of God. The real problem is that we don't understand sin and how it devastates the whole creation. It destroy families. It ruins marriages. It mars people. Sin is the ultimate cause of everything that is not good, as things were prior in creation. I am not saying, as once accused, that mental health issues are the result of the particular person's sin (although that is possible), but I am saying that all mental health is the result of sin's effect on the human race. We weren't meant to die, but the rebellion in the garden brought sin into human history and devastated all of us. The world and each of us will not be restored until we shed this sin-marred body and put on the resurrected body that awaits us at Jesus' return. If we understood sin's effect, we would not be surprised at God's coming judgment and wrath.

 

PONDER:

1. Do I truly understand how sin eats away at our soul?
2. Do l let sin rule my body?

 

PRAYER: Father, forgive us for our great sin. We should be ashamed beyond measure for what we are now taking pride in. We are wrong. We hurt each other. We have rebelled and need to return to you. Open our eyes to see our need for Jesus.