July 27 - Psalm 76:10a

Human defiance only

enhances Your glory

Psalm 76:10a

Have you ever seen this bumper sticker:

Nietzsche, 1883: God is dead. 

God, 1900: Nietzsche is dead. 

There are all kinds of "human defiance." (The defiance of Nietzsche – a renowned atheist – is only one.)

In Psalm 76, Jerusalem was being assailed ... yet again. (We live in a warring, sinful, rebellious world.) 

And yet, this is a song of victory! In the midst of their trials, God showed up! ("3 There he has broken the fiery arrows of the enemy, the shields and swords and weapons of war.")

The result? Human defiance was what precipitated a kingdom victory. Indeed, "human defiance only enhances [God's] glory." 

 

Nietzsche, for example, thought he was such a towering intellectual. Nietzsche is dead, while God's glory still shines. 

Is it time to repent of your defiance? Maybe it's a willful, sinful defiance, doing what you want to do. (Repent!) 

Maybe your defiance is an intellectual superiority. (Though none of us is as smart as Nietzsche ... who wasn't a millionth as smart as the creator of heaven and earth.) (Repent.)

What is your defiance? Pride? Stubbornness? Intellect? Rebellion? Greed? Anger? Sensuality? Repent!

 

Indeed, repent ... and finally see the "glory" of God!

In Christ's Love,

a guy who had

to be humbled

to see God's glory

rather than my pride

(and though that happened

one big time

in a life changing way,

it still needs to

happen every day!)