Daily Devotion of Psalm 93

Daily Nugget:
When reading of current events, seeing how society is morally declining, and hearing of one tragedy after another, it can be very discouraging. It sometimes seems chaos surrounds us and is gaining a foothold closer to us each day.

Politicians, particularly liberals, are no longer backing common sense and the apparent betterment of those they are to represent. Public education also seems to enforce and encourage their charges to grasp their godless theories and thinking. Media that once were expected to expose the truth and help preserve law-abiding have also accepted and joined in trying to move society against godly behavior and to force their philosophies on the public. Too often it seems there is little order and only destruction on society’s horizon. Hope for a promising future appears to be disappearing daily.

Stop right there! Be not deceived. As the beginning words of this hymn remind us, “The Lord reigneth.” Most of us do not understand why such changes in society are allowed, but we can be assured God is still in control. He knows exactly what is going on. He knows who is lying. He knows who is deceiving. He knows all about the greed that motivates so many. None of what is going on is a surprise to God.
“The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.” Psalm 93:1

God is using many of the horrific actions and attitudes that we see most days for society’s eventual betterment and to accomplish what he has planned to happen from the beginning. From the Genesis flood to what will happen in the future (Rev. 19:6), God has and will use those events, as wicked as they often seem, for His purpose. Despite what our leaders, media, and other influences believe, God reigneth! Nothing happens without Him allowing it for His purposes.
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 Also: II Tim. 1:9.

Today’s Thought: 
“He who counts the stars and calls them by their names is in no danger of forgetting his own children.” — Charles Spurgeon

Today’s Reading:
Psalm 93
1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.
4 The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever.

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