Psalms 60 – 62
Verse 60:7 opens my eyes how God works on this earth:
Gilead belongs to Me, and so does Manasseh;
Ephraim is the helmet that protects My head;
Judah is the scepter through which I rule;
Notice in this verse and the next one God talks about how he uses nations to work for him. Judah, the tribe of David and the linage of Jesus has always meant to rule. I think it’s cool how this personifies God, but at the same time shows He is beyond bounds. You may need to read verses 60:6-8 a few time to see if either I am nuts or you observe it the same way. Either way we see how God uses nations and people to do his bidding, not necessarily just coming down and doing it supernaturally.
Verse 61:2 is one that we need to realize:
You are the One I will call when pushed to the edge,
when my heart is faint.
Shoulder me to the rock above me.
This is so true as we get pushed to the edge most have a “come to Jesus” moment and try to fix it all then. Unfortunately, more often than not, we need to have that moment BEFORE we get pushed to the edge. I know many salvations are in crisis, yet slowly slip after things get back to normal. We need to rely on God not while on the edge, but during our day to day lives. Once you can rely on God to help you through the mundane, the heart attack is no big deal.
Verse 62:2 is so important it’s repeated in verse 6:
He alone is my rock and my deliverance,
my citadel high on the hill; I will not be shaken.
One thing we have to remember is this messed up world we live in with our flawed lives has one unmovable standard, God. We tend to take the flaws and focus on why God is not correcting them, where often times it’s just life. Sure we have bad hearts, accidents and cancer show up in our lives but it’s not that God is orchestrating it, but rather it’s just happening. See our bodies are flawed or lives are not perfect and that is where our connection with God must be. See God is the perfect rock we must rest our broken and weary bodies on.