Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who judges on earth.”
At first glance this psalm perhaps may not seem to be the most comforting one - with its theme of God's judgment of the ungodly. But for the child of God troubled by the apparent prosperity of the wicked ones around him, this psalm calls to mind God's holy justice and sovereignty: ungodliness will be judged, and those in Christ will receive their imperishable inheritance (I Peter 1:4). This psalm reminds me personally that though I may never see earthly reward for the commitment I have made to Christ, God sees and remembers me (Genesis 16:3) and He is able to do far more abundantly than all I ask or think (Ephesians 3:20).
At first glance this psalm perhaps may not seem to be the most comforting one - with its theme of God's judgment of the ungodly. But for the child of God troubled by the apparent prosperity of the wicked ones around him, this psalm calls to mind God's holy justice and sovereignty: ungodliness will be judged, and those in Christ will receive their imperishable inheritance (I Peter 1:4). This psalm reminds me personally that though I may never see earthly reward for the commitment I have made to Christ, God sees and remembers me (Genesis 16:3) and He is able to do far more abundantly than all I ask or think (Ephesians 3:20).
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