Chapter 81: Walk in the Ways of the Lord
To the chief Musician upon Gittith,
A Psalm of Asaph
Here, the Lord speaks to Asaph;
“I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee
out of the land of Egypt… But my people would nothearken to my voice… So I gave
them up to their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels. Oh
that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I
should have soon subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their
adversaries.” (Psalms 81:10-14)
We need to remember that God will help us, but because
he has given us agency… he will not force us to do anything. If we chose to
live without God, he will leave us alone and not help us in our times of need.
Chapter 82: Ye are Gods of the Most High
A Psalm of Asaph
“God
standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods” (Psalms
82:1) The Lord God (Jesus Christ) is a God, but not THE GOD (The
Father).
“I have
said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.” (Psalms 82:6)
This is
a very important verse. First we learn that we are “gods” notice how it is a
lowercase “g” and not an uppercase “G”, because we all have the ability to
become “gods” like our Father, or in other words, we have the ability to become
like our Father in Heaven. This leads to the second important part of this
verse… we are children of the most High God. That means that God is literally
OUR FATHER!
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