8. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
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.
- Reminds us that true wisdom lies in obeying Christ, that power and authority does not come through title and position but through yielded lives. (Eph. 1:21).
8. Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
- In the King James, the word nations reads as "heathens."
- In these times of war we must remind ourselves that the Word clearly states what the inheritance consists of, but also of the Lords readiness to GIVE it to us.
- In times of war pray and believe verse 8.
- "When you sense fear rising up or insecurity trying to overwhelm you... Pray & Praise... Instruct your heart in the daylight so that it may instruct you well at night." - Darlene Zschech
9. You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.
- Iron rod indicates how weighty, severe, describing the force of God coming against earthly kingdoms plotting against the Holy one, dashing (smashing) into pieces. Not intended to bruise but to break.
10. Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
- The Word is the ultimate book of wisdom.
- The gospel is the teacher of the greatest, THE great should never forget this.
11. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.
- Fear & Rejoice sounds like: Sour & Sweet, Lemon & Sugar
- Fear = as in reverence, in awe
- Rejoicing and trembling = joy filled at His mercy and grace. That this righteous judge loved enough to give us all that He could through the cross.
- "God mingles joy with fear, that fear may not be lavish." - Thomas Watson, 1660
12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
- Embrace Him, depend upon Him in all you do, in all you are. don't be ashamed of loving Christ. Delight His heart 'lest He be angry.'
- All who put their trust in Him will be blessed. The first and last word of Psalm 1 and Psalm 2: BLESSED, as in the Beautitude in Matthew.
God's world is not only larger than anything represented by media, Presidents, Kings... stock exchange... but GOD'S WORLD CONTAINS THEM.
