The Limits of National Power

Creation: A Divine Cycle
Praise from and for God's Creation

Praising God the Creator

Psalm 33:10-17. The Message

10-12 God takes the wind out of Babel pretense,
    he shoots down the world’s power-schemes.
God’s plan for the world stands up,
    all his designs are made to last.
Blessed is the country with God for God;
    blessed are the people he’s put in his will.
13-15 From high in the skies God looks around,
    he sees all Adam’s brood.
From where he sits
    he overlooks all us earth-dwellers.
He has shaped each person in turn;
    now he watches everything we do.
16-17 No king succeeds with a big army alone,
    no warrior wins by brute strength.
Horsepower is not the answer;
    no one gets by on muscle alone.

For Reflection

How foolish we are when we assume that in our struggles for power we achieve success or failure only on our own merit.  Power is a false God. Self-control of our destiny is an illusion. The will of human-kind is outranked by the will of God.

God set our destiny before the beginning of time.  God has shaped us in God's own image.  God shepherds us.  God delights in our joys. God cries when we suffer.  God lets evil wallow in its own consequence.

God protects our freedom of choice. Do we choose our self or God? Do we choose light over darkness?  Do we choose to fill our souls with the stuff of the material world or do we choose to fill our souls with the want for God?

Pray

Praise God the giver of life and the protector of freedom.  Pray that you will fill your soul with the want for God.  Pray for those who seek only the will of human-kind.  Pray for those who lack the courage to lead with their hearts.