S(Psalm 68:1,3) God shall arise, His enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate Him shall flee before Him ... But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
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God's "arisal" was a frequent and descriptive prayer of David's: "Arise, O Lord" and move to righteous intervention, rescue me, deliver us, establish justice, etc. The more we acknowledge God's interventions, the more aware we become of His expectations. Our responses get simpler and more obvious: fear or love, hate or joy. Those who insist on creating their own rules flee as God approaches; those who prefer God's rule rejoice.
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How do I know if I'm God's enemy? Will I flee when He intervenes and shows His hand? This psalm points to my relationship with righteousness as that answer. Do I insist on defining righteous for my own purposes? Do I justify my unrighteous actions or attitudes? Then I'll also resist God and end up fleeing from His provision of safety ... the cross.
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Jesus, I count all my self-promoting accomplishments as losses: they moved me to resist You instead of flee to You (Philippians 3). I want You to find humility in my life, not my own brand of righteous arrogance. I owe everything to Your grace and mercy: I have been too generously forgiven, too lavishly loved, and too surprisingly trusted. I hide in the joys of Your resurrection.
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