Prophetic Word 2024 - Day 51: True worship recognizes His righteous judgment.

“Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth. Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns; The world also is firmly established, It shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously.” Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; Let the sea roar, and all its fullness; Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord. For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭96‬:‭9‬-‭13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

A consideration of things going on in the world today renders myriad examples of unjust judgment. And—probably to some extent—we have all experienced the sting of being subject to an unjust judgment.

Make no mistake, God deals harshly with those who render unjust judgments, with those who pervert justice to fulfill their own agenda.

““Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, Who write misfortune, Which they have prescribed To rob the needy of justice, And to take what is right from the poor of My people, That widows may be their prey, And that they may rob the fatherless. What will you do in the day of punishment, And in the desolation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your glory?”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭10‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Indeed, God‘s judgment is righteous, and He expects that His children also have righteous judgment.

When instructing the children of Israel as to how they were to conduct themselves as they inherited the Promised Land, the Lord gave them strict orders concerning the carrying out of righteous judgment.

““You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.”

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭16‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

In answering the religious leaders who judged Him guilty of sin when He healed a person on the Sabbath, Jesus instructed them to judge with righteousness.

“Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

‭‭John‬ ‭7‬:‭24‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

It is good to know that those who are obedient to the Lord, can expect to be the beneficiaries of His righteous judgment.

Paul, in his letter to the believers at Thessalonica, encourages them, pointing out that they would benefit from the righteous judgment of God because of their patient endurance in adversity.

“We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly, and the love of every one of you all abounds toward each other, so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

‭‭II Thessalonians‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬-‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Yesterday we pointed out the fact that God speaks of His Holiness as being demonstrated in His righteous judgment.

In our opening scripture we see that the psalmist speaks of worshiping the Lord in terms of recognizing His righteous judgment. And with that, we worship Him knowing that the Day will come when He will judge the whole world righteously.

Child of God, worshiping the Lord in spirit and in truth, true worship of the Lord, always recognizes that He is a righteous Judge; and that in the end, all injustices will be rectified. A true worshipper honors the righteous judgment of God and does not constantly second-guess Him.

Tomorrow we will go further concerning the nature of true worship.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

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