"Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion." Psalm 2:6 NKJV
Have you noticed how each day, the world is flowing in more evil? People murdered daily, terrible abuse cases, sex trafficking, wars, threats of war and whatever else. It certainly is a time when some people are losing their security and living in total fear. King David here, writing this Psalm, points out that in his day, nations were raging against each other; plotting and scheming. They acted disrespectfully towards God and the promise of His Anointed's arrival. But God just laughed at them from His seat in heaven. Whatever they thought, the Anointed One - Jesus Christ, would come. God confidently declared that 'Yet I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion.' Whatever they did, they could not prevent this from happening.
It's the same today. People treat the name of Jesus as a swear word, they openly curse Him and have very little love towards their neighbour. But one day this will all change and Jesus will reign on the earth for 1000 years, together with creating a new heaven and earth. We just can't take it all in, but it is true. But until then, we have to contend with what is happening in our world. But the message today is two-fold. Firstly, God the Father set Jesus on His holy hill of Zion. We must do the same. We can place Jesus on our holy hill - our life as our Lord and Saviour. Once we recognise this, we can face anything that may happen around us. Until Jesus comes for us, things are only going to get worse. We don't know what will happen from one day until the next. With trigger-happy dictators in the world, there could well be a war. We just don't know. But what we do know is this, We have Jesus Christ in our lives, He has been placed on the hill of our life. And knowing this, even though things may get scary in the future, the Anointed One is by our side.
It is time to look around us instead of staying in a holy bubble. We need to pray for the nations. We need to pray for it's leaders and, we need to pray for world peace. It's no good having an attitude of, 'Well, whatever is going to happen, will happen anyway.' As praying people, we can change things, if we have the opinion that we can't change things, then don't pray and just sit and wait. One thing is for sure, Jesus is encouraging His church to pray then, pray more: 'If My people who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land' 2 Chron 7:14.
This place is getting more evil, people are hurting, dying and calling out for help, so Church, it's time to bend the knee and pray. Forget the cuddly coffee mornings and having Christian chit-chat for a while, and get down to what God is calling us all to do. Prayer can change things and things really do need to change!
If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now:
'Lord Jesus, I have sinned and I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today.
In Jesus' Name. Amen'
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