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                         An odyssey in the heart of psalms.

Psalm 2

In this Psalm, God asks two questions that still apply to our generation.

1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,

  against the LORD and against his anointed, saying, (ESV)

We've come to a time in history where mankind in general wants to turn away from the Living God. With their leaders, their ministers, their ambassadors, their presidents, they try, through legislative measures, to keep the reality of God from penetrating their daily lives. While in one part of the planet, the leaders try to imprison their citizens in diabolical fundamentalist states, others plan to rid the people's hearts of God. Two frontal attacks led by the Prince of the Air, the Prince of Darkness.

3"Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us." (ESV) This reflects the attitude of people seduced by the Father of Lies. Satan has managed to make them believe that his domination is better than God's and His anointed one; the Son Jesus-Christ. He displays before them the liberty to sin as a lifestyle, a free choice, while he is hiding the chains that will surely drag them to the eternal punishment.

4He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 5Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, (ESV)

While from on high, the Lord allows His fury to manifest itself in order to awaken the people's conscience, lulled to sleep by the seduction of evil. An earthquake, a "natural" disaster, hard times, all demonstrate the necessity of divine intervention in our daily lives. It's at those times that no tribunal or charia inspired by the enemy and imposed on men, can stand up against God's decree.

6 "As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.

7 I will tell of the decree: The LORD said to me, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.

9 You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

11 Serve the LORD with fear and rejoice with trembling.

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. (ESV)

Someday we will see with our own eyes the kingdom of Christ manifested at the four corners of the globe. Today his royalty is hidden in the hearts of believers, tomorrow it will be visible in every nation. Those who want to resist Christ's sovereignty will be broken without mercy.

Why?

These nations have no more excuse to subject their brothers to accusation since they will find themselves uprooted for eternity from the land of the living.

So it's really the rebellious hearts that demonstrate the resistance to the coming of the reign of justice, led by the Son of the Living God.

For those who have accepted His reign in their lives, this Psalm ends with a wonderful promise: Blessed are all who take refuge in him! No matter life’s circumstances, when we trust in the Lord, we are assured that He will give us peace and joy, even in the middle of the tribulations we have to go through (Psalm 118:8-9)!

It will not be easy, the way will be hard, the slopes abrupt, the valleys of despair dark. But our earthly pilgrimage will end in triumph, glory and magnificence when Jesus, the King of kings, will appear, coming with the clouds, to take with Him his church, to the celestial city, prepared for her.

Prayer: "Thank you, Heavenly Father, for drawing us to you, for revealing to us your love and the beauty of Your sovereignty. May you give us the courage and determination to continue walking with you until the day you call us back to yourself"

Have a good week in His presence! Jacques Brouillard Linda Tafo Cheryl Kopec (Together, for the Service of the Master!) Biblical quotations extracted from ESV.

Psalm 1

Psalm 1 : The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted.

1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners,

        nor sit in the seat of scoffers! 

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.

From the first few words of these psalms, the word of God invites us to make a choice in our relationships, so as to live happy. If our wish is to entertain this feeling of plenitude, it encourages us: - To stop walking in the counsel of the wicked for (Psalms 5:9) “There is nothing reliable in what they say”, - Not to stand in the way of sinners for (Romans 3:24) we are freely justified by His grace, and (Romans 6:6) we should no longer be slaves to sin. - And not to seat in the seat of mockers

The Word invites us to put aside time to meditate on it, to savour it and let it do its work in us.

Isaiah 55:11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

Wonderful promises lie within this Holy book for those who will learn to take pleasure in reading it that should urge us to dive into it.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither.

In all that he does, he prospers.

4The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives a way.

Have we reached this point in our christian walk, where we delight in reading God’s word? Are we holding unto these promises in our lives? We serve a God of abundance, who wants the best for us.

Just like a tree, we may bow under the wind of adversity, but if we put our trust in God’s support, He will never let us be uprooted. We might loose some branches, but never the abundance of His presence in our lives.

Let us remember that the wicked will not stand in the judgment. Their state can quickly become pitiful.

   5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 

To God, the wicked are like chaff, easily blown away, and on that Day of Judgment, before the great white throne, neither riches nor philosophic arguments shall resist the divine justice.

6for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

God assures us that He knows the way of the righteous, nothing escapes from His eyes. No matter where we are, He looks down on us. He assures us that the way of the wicked leads to ruin. Why would we then follow a path that would bring in our lives great desolation?

Prayer: “Thank you Lord for giving us your word to guide us and to encourage us to follow you, day after day. May your word have its way in our lives, according to your good will.”

Have a pleasant week!

Jacques Brouillard

Linda Tafo

Biblical quotations extracted from ESV.