The Lord Still Rules

Scripture:

Psalm 11:4 "But the Lord is in His holy Temple; the Lord still rules from heaven.  He watches everyone closely, examining everyone on earth".

Observation:

The Psalmist is grieving over why the ungodly seem to prosper and God doesn't seem to punish them.  He is saying how he doesn't understand why God does this, but then he throws in "but the Lord still rules from heaven".  He realized that things didn't seem right to him, but that God still rules and reigns.  He knew God was in control even when he couldn't understand why God was allowing the things He was allowing on the earth.

Application:

As long as I live, I will never understand God and why He does the things He does.  Usually I feel like I could do a better job picking who gets healed, blessed, etc. than He does, but I am not omniscient and don't really know all the details.  He knows what He is doing and is pretty good at it.  There are times in life that we just simply don't understand what is going on around us and why God would let it happen to us, but we must say with the Psalmist, "the Lord still rules".

Prayer:

Lord help me to trust You more.  So often I feel like you should do things differently than you do, which is really just pride.  This morning I humble myself before You and say you are awesome and I apologize for questioning You so much.  You are God and I am not.  Help me to trust You more each day and not to spend my time wondering why You did or didn't do something.

Yours,
Jeff