Shame and disgrace

 

Psalms 83:16  Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD. Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; let them perish in disgrace,  that they may know that you alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth.

Psalms 9:19    Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you!  Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men!

Psalms 9:16    The LORD has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.

2 Kings 19:19    So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD, are God alone.”

Jeremiah 16:21    “Therefore, behold, I will make them know, this once I will make them know my power and my might, and they shall know that my name is the LORD.”

Ezekiel 38:23    So I will show my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

Isaiah 42:8    I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to carved idols.

Daniel 4:25    till you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.

These scriptures are directed at those who deny God, His power, might, glory, and holiness.  At some point there will be awareness and shame as they stand before God and see with their eyes and know with their mind.   In this denial judgement and destruction waits.  It is an obvious end for those who reject God.  However believers need to be mindful that God is not to be something of second thought or insurance policy in time of need.  What good does it profit anyone of us to have a form of godliness in our lives but not have any substance.  When scripture speaks of God’s love it is in depth and width both being endless / forever / steadfast.  When it speaks of His power it is in unlimited power / strength / might.  This is the God who is worthy of all praise, glory, and honor.  Serve Him more fully each day.  Learn of Him more fully each day.  Honor Him more fully each day. Listen to whispers of His voice leading more fully each day.  And obey His leading more fully each day.

 

Rise Up

“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.”

Psalms 9:19
Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before you! Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men!

Psalms 10:12
Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted.

Psalms 44:23
Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!

Psalms 68:1
God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him! As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!

1 Samuel 2:9
“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones, but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness, for not by might shall a man prevail.

2 Chronicles 14:11
And Asa cried to the LORD his God, “O LORD, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.”

Isaiah 42:13
The LORD goes out like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his zeal; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.

Micah 5:15
And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.

Psalms 79:6
Pour out your anger on the nations that do not know you, and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name!

Sometimes there seems to be injustice and an over whelming loss of what is right and wrong.  We face battles against sex trafficking, child abuse, and pornography. It is good for us to know the battle is not ours and for sure is not lost.  God knows all of these battles and will pour out His anger to those who reject Him and cause harm to these little ones.  Rise up, Rise up, be encouraged God is our King and the battle we fight is His calling in our lives. Do not allow your voice to be silent and your actions minimal.  This is our country, our states, our cities, our neighborhoods, our friends, and our families.  Do not be silent on Child abuse.  Do not be silent on Child and Adult pornography.  Do not be silent on minor and adult Sex trafficking.  To say nothing and do nothing is allowing those who do to think it is OK.