I’ve wondered how people can view the God of the Bible as evil and tyrannical. Its absurd, akin to calling a Father who has only ever loved us and wanted the best for us evil.

so when i was reading the Psalms, i realized that the way we perceive God is more of a reflection of ourselves.

To the faithful, God shows Himself faithful.

To the pure, God shows Himself pure.

To the wicked, God shows Himself hostile.

He rescues the humble, but humiliates the proud.

So where we see hostility towards God, it is merely a reflection of how wicked we are.

It is the same with many absurd things going on today. Watching women say on camera that it is the right of biological men who become ‘women’ to participate in women’s sports. How can any self respecting woman agree that there is no difference biologically between males and females.

The Bible puts things into perspective. And it is something that we shouldn’t be alarmed at because it happened in the time of King David in Psalms 11.

The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?

And we have this respite. The Lord is in His holy Temple The Lord still rules from heaven. He watches everyone closely, examining every person on earth. The LORD examines both the righteous and the wicked.

He hates those who love violence. He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.

For the righteous LORD loves justice.

The virtuous will see His face.

As i was reading through the books of Psalms, i realized that they are cries towards God in the midst of trials, wicked men prevailing, great distress. And the recurring theme that seems to be ingrained in the psalms is that where law and order fail, where the ways of God are forgotten and evil men have the upper hand, is the steadfast posture of running towards God for refuge. Of reminding ourselves that God is fully in control from heaven. Nothing that happens is out of His control. How we cave under far less wickedness and grow disheartened for the strength of those who hate God. Those who walk with God somehow look far less impressive nor respectable. But their comfort is in their God who watches each and everyone of us closely and remembers us for what we have done in our earthly lives.

truths are fodder for rebellion.

Its like a little child who is taught that an apple is pronounced Apple, but chooses to pronounce it as Ape.

Behind every new movement, is a truth that that is being attacked.

The streak of rebellion that we see in little children dosn’t disappear with age or maturity.

It dresses itself with arguments that sound noble.

It is a delusion that the act of rebellion can overwhelm a truth. Truth can be covered up, but certainly not destroyed.

Truths that pertain to what is right and wrong.

Truths where a man reaps what he sows.

In the bible many of these truths are captured in commands. Where if we followed the commands of God, they would lead to life. And where we didn’t, we experienced death. A part of our soul dies where we choose rebellion over obedience.

Rebellion is a much celebrated word. But it really is simple self destruction.

The ones who obey traffic laws are far less likely to meet accidents as opposed to those who speed, or beat traffic lights.

The laws of God apply not to the roads but to life in general. Principles, where by if we decided to stray off the path of obedience, we step into a glass bridge not knowing if we jumped to the next glass tile, if it could support the weight of our disobedience.

Every new disobedience is a new gamble where our lives are ‘the’ stake.

Every new success obtained through disobedience merely breeds arrogance and confidence in our own ability.

It bolsters the delusion that one is beyond the law when the person has supposedly become ‘the law’.

So when we see people pushing some kind of agenda on others. at first the cause seems noble.

But over time, where people blindly follow this cause, thinking that the devil is the symbol for success in a new world. They lose sight that they too shall pass. Truth shall once again emerge amidst the sand it is buried under. Wrongs made right. A fearful time of reckoning for the rebellious, but a time of rejoicing for the faithful.

as i read Nahum 1:4,

i saw something intriguing.

A critique of the state of things.

The law had become paralyzed and there was no justice in the courts. The reason was because the wicked far outnumbered the righteous, so that justice had become perverted.

I thought about democracy as an observer.

The whole notion of freedom of speech. the whole notion of electing people into power.

When a nation has a group of predominantly righteous people, the system works wonderfully.

However, where wicked people outnumber the righteous, the system will be a breeding ground for perverted justice.

Which unfortunately is the case in Biden’s America.

Unfortunately for the wicked, God never lets the guilty go unpunished.

His enemies will be swept away in an overwhelming flood, he will pursue his foes into the darkness of night.

He only needs one blow to destroy His enemies.

The Lord is preparing a grave for the despicable, their destruction would be complete.

The righteous still are able to turn confidently to God to save them, and God would certainly hear them.

In spite of the gloating from the enemies, even though the righteous may fall, they would rise again. Though the righteous sit in darkness, the Lord would be their light.

The LORD would bring the righteous into the light and they would see His righteousness.
The wicked will see that the LORD is on the side of the righteous.

And the righteous will see their downfall, they will be trampled like mud in the streets.

is it better to start well or end well? Today’s reading of God’s word in the book of Chronicles really hammered something deep within me. The importance of men of God within the influence of Kings.

There was a direct correlation between the King the man of God and Israel’s success.

When the King had an advisor who was loyal to God like King Jehoiada. Israel enjoyed peace and Israel enjoyed success. When we look at King Joash, who was almost killed by his evil grandmother as she tried to seize power for herself, we would be worried that King Joash would grow up to be as evil if not worse than his grandmother.

However, because of the presence of the Priest Jehoiada, King Joash grew and acted in obedience towards ensuring the temple of God was restored. He did what was pleasing to the people.

It was heart warming to see after so much bloodshed and carnage and evil, that finally a King who feared God emerged. The account of King Joash was quick to highlight that after Jehoaida died at 130 years of age, the King listened to evil advisors. And as a result, they convinced the King to abandon the Temple of the Lord. The king even stoned Jehoaida’s son who rebuked him.

How utterly tragic that King Joash who started brilliantly ended miserably and God enabled his enemies who were much smaller than Judah’s army to defeat him. Without wise advisors who follow the Lord, Israel floundered.

I would assume that King Joash would have been so used to success that he attributed his success to himself rather than God. And it is the great delusion of today that plagues everyone today. This delusion that our success is from our own intelligence and plans. How sobering a reminder. How we have to never forget that there is never a wicked man who can last before a Holy God.

May we never grow conceited in the success we have experienced, thinking we deserved it. However to be humble in every circumstance, is great gain for we in being humble, we will be certain that the Lord would fight our battles for us.