Rage and Laughter

MPS: “We must be wise and serve the Lord, for he has installed his King who will shatter his enemies.”

Illus: Breakfast club knows that the nations Rage

Context

Acts says this is David

The theology of the Psalms are contained in Ps 1 and 2

This is a more straightforward Psalm

It seems to be written to instruct

I. The Nations are in a Rebellion (vv.1-3)

Plot is the same word as meditate in Psalm 1:2 “2 but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.”

David is addressing the kings who lead these raging nations

They act like an oppressed people

As if the instruction of the Lord is a Cinder block tied to their ankle

II. The LORD is Unshaken (vv. 4-6)

Illus: Nerf Battle turns to a fight, I just had no idea

The threat of the nations is laughably unimpressive

2 Samuel 7:14 “14 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,”

The hope is in the King!

The Lord speaks in Anger

we speak in taunts from anger

We make threats

The Lord’s threat is his King

III. The King Will Prevail (vv. 7-9)

David reminds us of the Covenant The Lord made with him

David leans on this covenant with Faith

That covenant is David will prosper

[TRN] David’s Faith leads to obedience. Indeed, he shows us that…

IV. The Truth Leads to the Service of the LORD (vv. 10-12)

“Theology Leads to Practice”

David

David now shows us a right response to his message

David addresses “kings”

Application

Any good lament comes with a call for response

David laments that the nations rage, and then calls the same Kings to repent

When we gather around with our breakfast table and moan over the state of things,

let’s be quick to remember our responsibility in calling out sin

let’s be quicker to examine our own rebellious tendencies.

Come Thou Fount:

“Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;   Prone to leave the God I love: Take my heart, oh, take and seal it   With Thy Spirit from above. Rescued thus from sin and danger,   Purchased by the Savior’s blood, May I walk on earth a stranger,   As a son and heir of God.”

Don’t we feel this same rebellion around us?

The majority of culture speaks about any religion as chains that need to be shucked off in order for our society to progress

Serve with awe

pay homage

All who take refuge in him are happy (v. 12)

His instructions are not chains to be thrown off, but an anchor to be cherished