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Psalms 94:12–23
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Discipline
At times God must discipline us to help us. This is similar to a loving parent disciplining his child. The disciplining is not very enjoyable to the child, but it is essential to teach him right from wrong. The Bible says that “no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, put painful, nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it” (Heb. 12:11). When you feel God’s hand of discipline, accept it as proof of His love. Realize that God is urging you to follow His paths instead of stubbornly going your own way.
  1. The psalmist speaks to the righteous about God (vv. 12-15).
    1. God allows the wicked to prosper in order to chasten the righteous (vv. 12-13).
    2. God will never abandon his people, nor will He forsake his inheritance (v. 14).
    3. There will come a day when righteousness will reign (v. 15).
  2. The psalmist speaks to himself about God (vv. 16-23).
    1. He confesses that he too is unable to stand apart from divine enablement (vv. 16-18).
    2. He ponders these things in order to find comfort when evil men prevail (vv. 19-21).
    3. He knows that he is right in leaving the fate of the wicked with God (vv. 22-23).

Application

I need to commit the destiny and destruction of the wicked to God. I need to commit myself to His disciplining hand as it fulfils His purposes in my life.

Psalms 94:12-23 (English Standard Version)

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law, to give him rest from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked. For the LORD will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage; for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. Who rises up for me against the wicked? Who stands up for me against evildoers? If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence. When I thought, "My foot slips," your steadfast love, O LORD, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, your consolations cheer my soul. Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute? They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death. But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge. He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the LORD our God will wipe them out.

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