Sunday 10 Jul 2022

July 10: Psalm 82:1-8

Key Verse: Psalm 82:5
The “gods” know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

Devotion:
God is God of everything; we cannot hope to understand His thoughts because they are so far and above anything we can think or imagine… but we still talk to Him as if we do understand and complain about the things we think are unjust! We cannot understand how God seems to allow wicked and evil people to not just survive but thrive in many places around the world!

Rather than trying to second guess God or to impose our own judgements on how He does things in this world, let’s just look at the things we can all agree upon in these verses! God is God over everything. No matter how many gods mankind invents or tries to worship, God is God over all of them, made up or otherwise!

The gods are in the same boat as God Himself in that we like to judge whether they are doing things right instead of trusting Him to do what is actually right for all mankind. With all the gods who have been created and worshipped over the years, we see a trail of death and destruction because they cannot and do not control this world!

The gods we create come and go over time just like habits and fads, they are not here to stay forever like God is. God remains unchanging and yet when we look at he history of created gods, we see so much change over time! There can only be one judge over all and that is God Almighty Himself because He has created everything and sees and knows everything...

Points to Ponder:
How much do you understand of this universe?

Will you trust God with the rest of the universe?