Praising God For All He Has Done
March 9, 2024
Commentary
One day the Jews in Jerusalem looked out the gates of their city and were terrified to see their Assyrian enemies camped outside. The Assyrian tents were still there and their flags were flapping in the breeze. However vultures were circling the camp and there was a stillness of death as they realized that God had intervened and all the Assyrians were dead. As a result of this event Psalm 75 was written. With a feeling of joy the psalmist in a simple way explains five aspects of the sovereignty of God:
God is sovereign in His person – As the psalmist looks upon the tens of thousands of dead Assyrians he writes “Thy name is near, thy wondrous works declare” (v.1).God is sovereign in His power (vv. 2-3) – He does not exercise his judgement, like Peter, in a sudden surge of emotion, but at just the right time and in just the right way.God is sovereign in His purposes (vv. 4-7) – He may do it either through good men or bad men as He raises up leaders and puts them down.God is sovereign in His punishments (v. 8) – He often does not take care of matters when we think He should or in the manner we think He should but we can be sure that at just the right time His justice will prevail just as it did at Gethsemane and at Golgotha.God is sovereign in His praise (vv. 9-10) The psalmist ends this psalm by stating “All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.”
Application
Do I ever question why God does certain things and why he doesn’t do other things? Or do I just admit God is in control and I will just rest in peace and praise Him for all He is doing.
Psalms 75:1– 10 (NET)
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Illustration:
Paul does not say that each event is good or even that each incident will produce that which is good. He informs us that all of the events, working together, produce what is good. To illustrate, the ingredients which go into a cake are not very tasty when eaten individually. Flour, sugar, shortening, eggs, salt, baking powder, and spices are not something we want to eat one ingredient at a time. But mix all of these together in just the right proportions, and then bake the combined mixture, and you have a delicious treat. Each event in our life is like one ingredient in a cake. It may not seem good, by itself, but when mixed by God with other correct events, it will surely produce what is good.” (Deffinbaugh, Bob. “A Solace in Suffering: The Sovereignty of God.” Bible.org.).