Serve the Lord with fear
and celebrate His rule with trembling.
Psalm 2:11
Serve the Lord with Fear and Celebrate His Rule – Psalm 2:7-11
He said to me, “You are My son;
today I have become your Father.
8 Ask Me,
and I will make the nations your inheritance,
the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You will break them with a rod of iron;
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 celebrate His rule with trembling.
Psalm Reflection
When the Lord told King David that He was now His Father, He said to him: “I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.” What power! The incredible thing is, the same promise that was made to King David is the same promise that is made to us today. When we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we become equipped with a supernatural power — a divine protection, provision and divine authority — that we could not possess otherwise.
But as with all good things, there is a flip side. We must do our part. We must obey God: “Be warned … serve the Lord with fear and celebrate His rule with trembling;” “Whoever has My Commandments and observes them is the one who loves Me. And whoever loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him” (Jn 14:21).
The Bible makes many things crystal clear. One of those things is that God will not be mocked (Gal. 6:7). In one way or another, whatever a man reaps so will he sow. So then, for those who genuinely choose to love and serve Him with all their heart and all their mind, all the days of their lives, they will be blessed. Ask God for strength, courage and faith like King David today. Pray for divine discernment and wisdom in times of darkness and uncertainty. When you make the Lord a top priority in prayer, trusting Him with your life and future, He will make you His top priority … and when that happens, life changes forever.
“Blessed are those who trust in the Lord” – Jer 17:7.
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