Working and Warring: Psalm 46:8
God never sits idly in heaven, a mere passive spectator of world events. He is not distantly removed, never off duty, never abdicating His throne. He does not abandon the world to run its own course. Instead, God remains on the throne, ever alert, ever active, continually intervening into human history.
This is the truth the psalmist affirms in Psalm 46, when he writes: “Come, behold the works of the LORD, who has wrought desolations in the earth” (verse 8). By this open invitation, he calls the people of God to contemplate the mighty works He has performed on their behalf.
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