PrayerBits for Tuesday

PrayerBits

A bite sized devotional program
produced by the West Side Presbyterian Church

Tuesday

Scripture lesson: Psalm 9:1-8 “You have rebuked the nations...”

Time to reflect:The sentiments in this Psalm do not always seem to work out. Sometimes the “wicked” seem to prosper for an awful long time. This is not something that can be dealt with satisfactorily in a PrayerBit (or even in a large book!). But one of the standard answers is “all in due season.” Eventually, they get theirs. This is often not satisfactory for us, but that is our problem, not God's.

Moving through the day: Pray for patience to allow God's will to play out.

I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart;
       I will tell of all your wonders.

  I will be glad and rejoice in you;
       I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

  My enemies turn back;
       they stumble and perish before you.

 For you have upheld my right and my cause;
       you have sat on your throne, judging righteously.

 You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;
       you have blotted out their name for ever and ever.

Endless ruin has overtaken the enemy,
       you have uprooted their cities;
       even the memory of them has perished.

The LORD reigns forever;
       he has established his throne for judgment.

He will judge the world in righteousness;
       he will govern the peoples with justice.