“Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake! Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!”
Psalms 74:18 Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.
Psalms 74:22 Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
Psalms 89:50 Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations, with which your enemies mock, O LORD, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
Psalms 41:1 Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him;
Psalms 94:2 Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve! O LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked exult? They pour out their arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. They crush your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage. They kill the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless; and they say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not perceive.” Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
Isaiah 37:23 “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel! By your servants you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon, to cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses, to come to its remotest height, its most fruitful forest.
It takes courage to acknowledge our own weaknesses. We may not mock God but do we lead a life that He may be witnessed through our actions and words? Isn’t this, in simplest terms, a form of mocking? We claim His salvation but do not claim His power, sovereignty over all, might, and presence. Do you want to see the power, might, love, grace and mercy of God? Learn to be in His presence all the time. Train yourself to be always occupied by thoughts of Him. Ask God to open your heart, eyes and ears to His presence, love, grace, mercy, power and sovereignty. He will surely be seen by the heart of those who desire to know and humbly serve Him.
