We’ve just celebrated Resurrection Sunday this past weekend, and that day reminded us of the hope we have in Christ. The world we live in, though, is messy. Against that backdrop, hear these words from Dane Ortlund as he discusses Psalm 9:
David writes this psalm in the midst of international strife and tumult—not unlike our own days in the twenty-first century. While many believers around the world today live in relative political stability, many others, like those in Israel in David’s time, do not. The news headlines each morning remind us of the unrest of the world and of the anxiety that accompanies such unrest.
“But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice, and he judges the world with righteousness” (vv. 7–8). God is never caught by surprise amid global upheaval and strife. He is never perplexed or left groping for solutions. He reigns. And one day, all that is done in this stormy world will be brought into the light and into judgment.
Our part is to trust him.
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Dane C. Ortlund, In the Lord I Take Refuge (p. 31). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
