Tuesday July 30, 2013
Edward
Bennett William was a well-known Washington, DC trial attorney. When he was on his deathbed in 1988 a visitor
mentioned all the power and influence he wielded. He is quoted as saying, “Power? I’m about to
meet real power.”[i] The ominous tone in that statement is very telling; Mr. William
understood the power of God was much greater than any power you encounter in
political settings here on earth.
It is so wonderful that the Psalmist included the other thing he
heard God say – that he was “very kind”.
Of the two things the Psalmist heard, I personally believe the
emphasis is stronger on “kindness” (lit:
loving-kindness, the covenant mercy of God).
I count on that!
At my age it doesn’t take a whole lot of math or convincing to
know that my physical power is on the downhill side. That aside, who is strong enough to stand
before God and muscle it out with Him anyway?
Even Arnold Schwarzenegger in his Terminator days would have melted away
in an instant.
Have you ever contemplated standing before God?
I stepped into the elevator at a hospital one time. There was a young mother with her little boy
already there. The little guy was
standing near the buttons. He looked up
and asked me, Are ya’ goin’ all the way up? I
answered, Yes…some day!
Hebrews 9:27 says, We die only once, and then
we are judged (CEV). That
means we are all going “all
the way up” when death comes. It’s not
difficult to imagine the power of God, considering the vastness of the universe
He created. But there is no need to fear
that power if you’ve accepted the loving-kindness of His covenant mercy. It was offered to all of us at the cross.
Jus’ sayin’…
[i] Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent in Newsweek (July
20, 1992). Christianity Today, Vol. 36, no. 11
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