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Are You Willing to Flee the Coming Wrath of God?
From Psalm 50:1-6:
The mighty one, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. Our God comes and does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, and a mighty tempest all around him. He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: "Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!" The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)
"How is it with your soul?" "Are you willing to flee from the coming wrath of God?" Two difficult questions that most people today would be afraid to ask, let alone answer. Yet, these are very distinctly Methodist questions, asked by John Wesley. The first was a weekly asked question as you would gather to spend time together with your small class. The second was the admission question that would get you membership into that small class. Wesley knew his Bible and he was aware and a believer in the judgment of God. He knew those were eternal questions and did not want anyone not to know the answer for he knew those who did not know the answers would die separated from God.
The psalmist knew the love of God, but also knew the demands of God for His people to be righteous. He compares the daily rising and setting of the sun to the life cycle of birth and death, and God's role and presence in it. God gave us this life to live as righteous and as loving as we can; caring and helping others, seeking to make others aware of God. The self-centered and self-loving would be those who would risk the wrath of God for their greedy decisions and lifestyles that sought only to please themselves. Judgment would be harsh for them; not so for the ones who loved God and sought to love others.
PRAYER: Loving God, make me more aware of what You seek from me and in me. May I be one who encourages others to live a life that blesses You and others. Let me seek to be righteous for Thy sake; in Jesus' powerful name I pray, amen.
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord!
Eradio Valverde
