God is God (thank God for that!) and has established His line on earth through David to Jesus. Actually from Adam to Jesus. And still Jesus had to learn obedience through the Father. And because I sin and so often miss the mark, I have to learn what it is that God wants of me too. God chastens me with His rod but will not push me away.I must decide I want to go from Him. Or else I must make up my mind to follow Him. I must learn that He and He alone is in control. For He is the LORD, He is the patient, merciful, just and true God that created the universe. And He promises that He will protect me. Psalms 96:1-13 speaks of His grandeur and the respect I need to have for Him. God is God and deserves much more of my respect and honor. He is just, although I may not think it so. But God loves me and is more just than I will ever know. For the LORD looks after His people from Zion, sitting in His holy sanctuary and He will shine down upon those worshipping Him there. He knows my prayer, He knows all of His people’s prayers. He knows when I hurt. He knows when His people are suffering. He will comfort and care for us always. But as it says in Isaiah 4:1-6, He will also clean house, and cleanse those who come to live in Zion and He will be the leader of all His people.
Psalm 110:1-7 is another example of how the LORD says that He will protect those in Zion. He is in control and sent Jesus to be King and ruler of this place that God calls His. He came so that I may know God and know my options, to choose Him or not to choose Him. And I and others need to remember Him, as I am admonished in Psalm 137:1-7. I am admonished to remember God’s city, God’s heart, and God’s temple, by being in Him. I need to remember that His people wept because they were carried off by warring nations all because of the people’s seeking after something other than God. Most of all, I need to remember that God, as spoken of in Psalm 85:9-13, will show mercy, to His people as well as to me, and He will demonstrate His great truth and righteousness, when I show Him obedience not to appease Him but because I truly love Him and when I respect Him enough to obey His commands.
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