(1) Why do nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? (2) The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One. (3) "Let us break their chains" they say, "and throw off their fetters." (4) The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. (5) Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, (6) "I have installed my King on Zion, my holy hill." (7) I will proclaim the decree of the Lord: He said to me :You are my Son; today I have become your Father. (8) Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possessions. (9) You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery." (10) Therefore, you kings, be wise;be warned, you rulers of the earth. (11) Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. (12) Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Starting with verse 1. the word conspire, according to my Bible (and NIV, or New International Version) is Hebrew, actually a word used for rage.
May I be honest? Well, I'm going to be. I took this passage and I read through it, I typed it, I read it again and now I am only feeling anything at all for the ending. Verses 11-12. I don't have a strong faith, I will admit that right now, but these two verses are saying something to me, speaking on a bit more of a personal level and that is what I am going to write on.
Verse 11:: Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.
This verse is underlined in my Bible, though I don't recall ever underlining it. This verse is saying to me that I do need to be scared, I should be trembling and afraid because I live under an awesome and powerful God who HATES sin and I sin every day, every second of my life is consumed by sin. I want to serve God, but I always wanted to serve God and be 100% confident that I am pleasing Him and that I am doing the right thing and I guess this is telling me that I won't always be 100% confident because serving Him is going to be hard and I'm going to be scared and I will tremble and fear will consume me because I live in a world of sin and I am sin and I know that, but I also know that I am a child of God and He will never give me more than I can handle. I know I'm not making much sense, but this is the best I can describe this verse in my own words and in relation to my life right now.
Verse 12:: Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
So I love this verse for its dark turned light aspect. The first part of this verse is saying that anyone who crosses Christ will be taken down because He is the Son of God and He will not be messed with nor will He be put down. He will strike you where you stand! Then the verse turns around and tells us that everyone who seeks Him out and takes refuge in Him will be blessed, safe from His wrath. Don't stray from His side, keep close to Him and you'll have nothing to fear. It is such a stark contrast to the previous verse where we see that we must serve the Lord with fear and trembling, even though He will bless us for seeking refuge in Him, it is confusing and enlightening all at once and perhaps I bit off more than I can chew at the moment, but this all does make sense in my head.
I'm surrently very sick and have been missing quite a bit of class because of it and I feel like everything is caving in around me but after going through this I almost feel as if my panic is silly because God will take care of it if I just seek Him out. So, sorry this wasn't as Verse by Verse as I'd like it to be, but I haven't posted in so long that most of you won't even care. Have a great week everyone and leave your own thoughts about this in the comments below. Thank you!
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