Remember the Judgements of God

Bible Reading:   Psalm 119:49-56

Key Verse: Verse 52 - “I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.”                          

Key Words: I remembered thy judgments of old

 John Phillips writes: “Laws today are often made under pressure, they are often tentative, they often reflect compromise or social, economic, or political bias.  Lobbyists and interest groups significantly influence legislation.  We have hundreds of thousands of laws seeking to accomplish what God affected in Ten Commandments.  The psalmist, however, was not brought up in a land where legislation was at the mercy of the lobbyists.  He was brought up in a land where the law was mandated from heaven – handed down by God on two tables of stone, fixed and firm.  The law was therefore perfect.  The psalmist could comfort himself in the fact that God, who legislated such personal righteousness, public responsibility, and pure religion, was a God of wisdom, love, and power.  The law reflected God’s nature, just as our laws reflect our national character.  God’s laws reflect His character.  That was a comfort to the psalmist.  God’s laws reflect a holy and righteous God.”

Yet, on the other hand, the judgments of God also reflect His hatred for sin.  General William Booth used to say he wished every one of the soldiers in the Salvation Army could be held over hell for half an hour.  It was their driving horror of sin and its consequences that drove the Salvationists into the streets and slums of the world’s cities, to work miracles of grace.  If such horror would seize hold of us, maybe similar horror would seize hold of them, our loved ones and friends outside of Christ.  That would put them in a hurry to be saved.

We would all do well to remember the judgments of God.

                                                                                                        Dr. Mike Rouse

What to do:

      ✞Remember that everyone will stand before God to be judged: believers at the Judgment Seat of Christ, and unbelievers at The Great White Throne.