The Heart's Cry: Psalm 75

Well friends, we have just hit the half way point of this particular journey, for my part I am impressed with my own output, the other times I have attempted something of this scale there were many stops and starts and so far this has been fairly smooth sailing. So here is my entry for Psalm 75, and on Monday we will begin the second half of Psalms.

Psalm 75

I have to admit that this Psalm is a bit difficult to understand. At times it seems like the author is speaking of God [verses 1 & 6-9] and at times it seems like the author is writing as God [verses 2-5 & 10]. And perhaps that is as good as any place to start, sometimes we forget who and what we are. If you are anything like me there are times when I am very willing to call judgment down on someone, but Jesus tells me to not judge because I will be judged by the standard that I use on others. There are times when I want to choose who is blessed and who is cursed, but again that decision does not rest on my shoulders, which should make all of you very happy. There is a song titled The Truth by Caedmon's Call where Derek Webb sings "For the sake of the world I thank the Lord that the truth's not contingent on me." It not so gently reminds us that we are not the gatekeepers, we are not the deciders, we are not the judge, we are only human. And that is a truth that we all too often forget.

Going back to the other day and the concept of life to the full...the only way we can live the abundant life that we are meant to live is if we have the correct perspective on who we are and what we are. Only by living true human lives can we ever become what God made us to be, because God did not create us to be surrogate Gods. God created us to be how we are and only by living within those confines can we ever move in the direction that was set out before us. So let us be human. Let us err, let us forgive errs. Let us experiment and fail and succeed. Let us rejoice and worship and rage and grieve. Let us do the things that we were meant to do, love, give, sacrifice, let go, loosen our grip, and live life to the full.

+ In what ways have you seen others act like God? How have you acted like God?