This coming week will be the last Sunday in Easter. Easter 7
serves as a bridge between Christ’s glorious Ascension and Pentecost. We look
back to the Ascension or forward to Pentecost.
As smoke is driven away, so you shall
drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before
God! – Psalm 68:2
Psalm 68:1-10 - This is the
Psalm suggested for the last Sunday in Easter. It appears to be an order of
service for procession to the temple in Jerusalem. The Lord has brought
salvation to Israel; Vv. 1-6 in the Exodus, Vv. 7-10 throughout the wilderness wanderings.
Vv.11-14 in conquest of the Promised Land.
Throughout
their pilgrimage and sojourn the Lord was directing them. He continues to guide
and lead you acting on behalf of His people.
As David
reflects on the Lord’s past dealings with His people he reminds us that God has
always been marching down the ages of time; progressing in a steady and
unswerving stride toward His goal.
No power on
earth can stop Him. We tend to stew and fret when things don’t go our way. In
actuality God is in control and steering the course of time toward His ultimate
fulfillment; the sure and certain return of Christ.
His enemies
are like smoke driven by the wind, which in time will totally disappear. What
chance does a puff of smoke have of establishing its presence before a driving
wind? What chance does wax have of maintaining its shape before the flames of
the furnace? What chance does Israel’s foes have before a God who is marching
steadily to Zion? In short, the Lord of
the universe has promised to order your days and direct your path.
David praised
God for His direction and His protection. As witness God’s hand of direction
and protection in your life your response should be to praise Him.
A prayer for guidance in our calling: Lord God, You have called Your servants to
ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through
perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we
go but on that Your hand is leading us and Your love supporting us; through
Jesus Christ, our Lord.[2]
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