Let God Arise

Let God Arise

Psalms 68:1-3 NKJ

Let God arise,

Let His enemies be scattered;

Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.

2 As smoke is driven away,

So drive them away;

As wax melts before the fire,

So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad;

Let them rejoice before God;

Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.

Is their anyone here this morning, feeling like you been fighting the same battle for to long? You've done all you know, fought to the point of exhaustion and you're just tired of fighting back??

Let me ask your question, why are you the one doing the fighting? Why do you think what your battling, is something you alone can win?

Far to many people are having restless nights, because they are not actually fighting the battle with what is bothering them, their only fighting the thought of having to fight the battle against what is bothering them.

Because even though they are constantly fighting, they know on their own there is no chance at all of winning, the head game battle the accuser has lured them into!

1 Thessalonians 5:18 TLB

18 No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.

Far too many Christians need to replace the words why is this happening Lord, with thank you Lord in spite of what is going on!

Resting in God’s ability to fight your battles shows the accuser the strength of your faith! The strength of your faith stems from the amount of trust you place in Gods hands!

Knowing you can be thankful for God’s ability to act in each and every situation you may face is POWERFUL!

When the accuser is aware you are willing to, and the fact you actually do Trust your future implicitly in God’s ability and will for your life, there is no place for him in your life!

Trust defined; firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

One of our greatest attributes as a nation is printed on our currency. America became the greatest nation on earth, because of our willingness as a nation to proclaim “In God We Trust!”

Our text in Psalms 68 describes the children of Israel having a similar experience, for 40 years they had been playing head games with their relationship with God.

The results of the fight they had fought had not produced victory. God knows, they had been through a lot. But by far the majority of what they went through, had been self inflicted!

They had come to realization like a lot of people do at the point of exhaustion, all their efforts had been wasted energy! They finally realized they needed to fight back in a different way!

When they stood still and let God do the fighting for them, they found out the battle was so much easier! And for that, like all of us when we make the same discovery, they were thankful!

“But let the righteous be glad;

Let them rejoice before God;

Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.”

In the day and age that we live, in the entitlement society mind set, where everyone thinks everyone else owes them and wants everyone else to do things for them.

Why doesn’t everyone have the same expectations, from God?

Do you think God is only willing to fight for us, when we’re to tired to fight?

No, God would have me tell you, He is willing from the first moment our dependency relies on His miracle working power, all the way through to our last!

When we are willing to rest in God’s ability, we allow Him to fight through us, rather than around us. Which means, when we trust God and rest in God’s ability we’re still fighting, only more fiercely than we ever have. Because we’re more focused on His never ending capabilities than our own weak, limited ability!

The MSG says it like this;

Up with God! Down with his enemies!

Adversaries, run for the hills!

Gone like a puff of smoke, like a blob of wax in the fire—

one look at God and the wicked vanish.

When the righteous see God in action

they’ll laugh, they’ll sing,

they’ll laugh and sing for joy.

Sing hymns to God; all heaven, sing out;

clear the way for the coming of Cloud-Rider.

Enjoy God, cheer when you see him!

Nothing is more Intimidating to someone who is trying to do something to you, than the act of laughing and singing gleefully about what they cannot and will not accomplish against you!

Let God arise,

Let His enemies be scattered;

Let God arise,

Let His enemies be scattered;

Let God arise,