The question is why does God want me to have the highest view of Him that I can possibly get my mind to think? Because when we have a small view of God we have a very small view of our influence and control in this world. Think about this. If God created a very complex world and made it in the space that is beyond our understanding then how can we be in control of the things we know because he gave us the mind to understand those things? The Psalmist tries to answer this in this Psalm.
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.The Psalmist is saying that he is able to present himself to throne in heaven in which the Most High is seated. So this king is given language of the Psalms to speak in order to move the events on the earth from the highest court in the universe. When the Most High speaks it is moving big things like making nations, dividing nations and ruling over all the decisions of all the rulers of the earth. Not only does the Psalmist have the axioms but the most High made us to be kings and rule over the earth. He gave us the kings language. So the Psalmist is comparing the experience he has in speaking as the highest authority on the earth with the size of his heart of praise.He calles the works of God wonders because he has witness or heard that God controls all of the big events of the earth and the wars of nations.
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 Psalmist has the confidence to say that his own rights and causes are righteous in the courts of the Most High. Not only has he come confidently as the king of the earth but he gives God the glory for destroying all of the armies that are on the earth. Not only has God destroyed them but he has erased their memory. We are given this Psalm as a prayer just like the Psalmist prayed. Think about this.
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.
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed,
a stronghold in times of trouble.
Those who know your name will trust in you,
for you, LORD , have never forsaken those who seek you.
Here we are sitting in our small houses praying about the destruction of nations and the success of addressing the needs of the oppressed all over the world! You see we have the sense of responsibility of being concerned for people we have never met. We are given prayers that affect nations and peoples. Why would we talk about all the small things that come into our lives when we can go before the highest courts in the universe and get action for millions of people?
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