Daily Devotional - 9/2

Prayer for the morning - Letter B
(See yesterday's note for more background on this)


Pray for:
Five things that I am grateful for that starts with the letter
Five people whose first or last name starts with the letter
One place - city, state, or country- that begins with the letter
One character trait I would like to see my family and I grow in

Dear Lord, please let me hear your ever present voice and grant me the strength to obey.

Psalm 2

God is not afraid of people or nations or events. He is in controll even if we can't see how or why. He has a plan even behind letting bad things happen. That sure is good to know because I can get so worried about current events, politics, and life in general. Often it just seems it is one crisis and tragedy after another almost to the breaking point but it is not. God is not afraid of all of this. He knows. He sees.

I just need to serve God. I just need to fear Him rather than what is going on in the world. If He is the ultimate authority, then He is the one to worry about and strive to please. What is neat about this Psalm is the way it ends. Although it is talking about the anger of God and the destruction of evil, it ends with, "Blessed are all who take refuge in Him." (vs. 12b).

It is as if God knows that the talk of fear and destruction can be hard for many of us to understand so He comforts us by saying - Hey just take refuge in me. That will please me and I will bless you. Come here and let me protect you. Work with me, do what I ask of you because it is for your own good. He is the perfect father, the one who will protect us, discipline us, and in the end lead us to victory, success, and true life. He knows the way to get us there so that is why He is so serious about us doing it His way and about righteousness and obedience.