"God Is the Judge of Everyone"

PSALMS 94

As we move into this next Psalm, there is something that must be recognized about the pattern of these ten psalms, 91-100; besides the fact they the author is unknown, they have been arranged in a way that communicates a call for His children to be just that, children. Jesus said, "Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 18:3) It's really not about acting like children, playing and being silly; it's about needing to be cared for and the need for instruction. Besides the fact that God is our Provider, He is also our Judge, our King, and our Lord. There is another thing a child might have to adhere to which we also need to become familiar with, they must live in their parents house; His house, His rules, there is just no other way around that. If you are familiar with the little booklet, "My Heart, Christ's Home," then you might recall the ending of the story, because at the end of it all, the house was totally given over to the Lord, and the Lord was no longer the guest, but the Owner. The previous owner of the house, now becomes the guest in Christ's Home! That's what it means to become like a child, children don't own anything; what they have is given to them by their parents, and whatever they have can be taken away just the same. Now, regarding the closing statement from yesterday; it's totally true that we have been given the mind of Christ right from the very start of our conversion, it might not have been made perfectly clear, but it was pointed in the right direction. The problem we have to deal with is our fleshly desires, how our flesh can sometimes overrule our new Christ-like way of thinking. Over a period of time, if this goes on and on, we can get in a habit of thinking more worldly than we should; and before you know it, we can no longer be separated from the world; in other words, no one can tell the difference between how we act as children of God, compared to those that are of the world. Call it what you will, backslidden, or whatever; but the main issue becomes that you quite being a child of God, and you became your own person; a person of independence and a person self-sufficient. That's a pretty scary place to be, especially when faced with something that you can no longer have any control over, like cancer, financial ruin, or the loss of someone you love. If there is one thing that I have been made aware of over these last few months, it is that I need to become more child-like when it comes to my relationship with God. I am not quite sure when it happened, but there are many areas of my life where I have somehow taken ownership of, as if this or that were mine. Everything belongs to God! Even our very lives; even our life ever-after...
"Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, "I will take revenge; I will pay back," says the LORD. Instead, "If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals of shame on their heads." Don't let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good." (Romans 12:19-21) NLT