I saw a very disturbing film yesterday. I won't mention the title. But what I will mention is a Psalm.
Psalm 117
Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
For great is His love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord.
That is all it says. It is the shortest Psalm or chapter in the Bible.
The place I want to park is where it says "all you nations...all you peoples" - nations in the bible refers here to the Gentiles. This reminder to the Gentile nations in the Hebrew Scriptures is to praise the God of Israel! I pray you know the relevance of that message for today.
In researching this Psalm, I came across a very accurate statement that bears repeating. "The enemies of Israel are the ones who are best equipped to praise God, for they know better than anyone how He has thwarted their anti-Semitic designs." (Netziv) Yes, HE has thwarted - only God can open your heart and eyes to thwarting anti-Semitic designs. Only He can unveil your eyes to the deception of hatred toward His people. I pray He opens your eyes today.
If you truly 'know' God, then you will know that He sent His Messiah who came through the Jewish people. "And from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised!" as Paul wrote.
There is no room in God's plan for anti-Semetics. No room.
Psalm 117
Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.
For great is His love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord.
That is all it says. It is the shortest Psalm or chapter in the Bible.
The place I want to park is where it says "all you nations...all you peoples" - nations in the bible refers here to the Gentiles. This reminder to the Gentile nations in the Hebrew Scriptures is to praise the God of Israel! I pray you know the relevance of that message for today.
In researching this Psalm, I came across a very accurate statement that bears repeating. "The enemies of Israel are the ones who are best equipped to praise God, for they know better than anyone how He has thwarted their anti-Semitic designs." (Netziv) Yes, HE has thwarted - only God can open your heart and eyes to thwarting anti-Semitic designs. Only He can unveil your eyes to the deception of hatred toward His people. I pray He opens your eyes today.
If you truly 'know' God, then you will know that He sent His Messiah who came through the Jewish people. "And from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised!" as Paul wrote.
There is no room in God's plan for anti-Semetics. No room.
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