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These psalms
form a really neat pair today. Psalm 81
is all about worshipping God. He desires
that we worship Him alone. In fact, He
wants us to shout, sing out, and blast a trumpet regarding the fact that we
should be worshipping Him. He is to be
our God. We are to worship Him. We are to follow Him.
He is a
jealous God. When we do not worship Him,
He will allow us to go over to the consequences of the desires of our
hearts. He will allow us to pursue that
for which our stubbornness longs.
The question
is, what does it look like when we aren’t worshipping Him? This is where Psalm 82 comes into its
own. When we judge unjustly, we turn away
from Him. When we show partiality to the
wicked, we turn away. When we refuse
justice we turn away. When we don’t uphold
the rights of the afflicted and destitute, we turn away. When we don’t rescue the weak and the needy,
we turn away. When we live without
wisdom and knowledge, we turn away.
On the other
hand, when we turn to him He feeds us.
He makes sure that we have what we need.
He will give the sweetest honey to us and satisfy us. He will nurture us and care for us. That is what He promises to those who worship
Him as their God.
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