The Psalmist in Psalms 2 understood that the wrath of God was kindled but for a little while. This verse, "The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love" is repeatedly found in Psalm 103:8, Numbers 14:18, Psalm 145:8, Exodus 34:6, Nehemiah 9:31, Joel 2:13 and Psalm 86:5,15. We then can take comfort that God is always compassionate and gracious. He is wanting and longing to reach out to us. We are to do what the Psalmist in Psalm 2:1 did that is just to believe in Him and not to be bitter with Him when things do not turn out the ways we expect. His ways and His thoughts are higher than our ways and our thoughts. Read Isaiah 55:8,9.
Day 187 - Have Fear of God Read: Psalm 145; Proverbs 6:28-31; Revelation 6; 2 Samuel 15-16 2 Samuel 15 & 16 15:13 A messenger came and told David, “The hearts of the people of Israel are with Absalom.”14 Then David said to all his officials who were with him in Jerusalem, “Come! We must flee, or none of us will escape from Absalom. We must leave immediately, or he will move quickly to overtake us and bring ruin on us and put the city to the sword.” To me, as a parent, it is so sad to note that King David got to run for his life from his own son, Absalom. His own son schemed for 40 years (15:7) to topple his own father - could you believe that? This is our Bible - it will not hide - all the successes and failures of God's people are truthfully reported. Why did King David suffer this? It started with his own sin of adultery with Bathsheba (11:3) Even though God had forgiven him when he sincerely repented by recognising that he sinned against the Lord (12:13), King David nee...
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