Psalm 67

      Praise the Lord the election is over. Someone had to win, someone had to lose, and now we move forward. However, for some reason unknown to me, there is still so much hatred, anger, and division lingering. Fingers are being pointed, blame is being dealt out abundantly, and nothing has even actually happened yet. Maybe it is my laissez faire attitude, but I don’t think who our president is worth all the fuss that I have not been able to avoid.
     One of the most frustrating arguments I have seen way too many times is that equality is being thrown out the window. So many people honestly thought the candidate who lost (I refuse to mention names) was going to bring equality for all people (meaning mostly LBGT, immigrants, women, etc.). And now that the other candidate won (you know who), that equality is never going to happen. Now I could rant and rave for about thirty-six to two thousand pages on why I agree or disagree with that whole ball of wax. Instead I want to just turn to the Psalm.
      Psalm 67 verse 4 says: “Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity.” I wish every citizen of our country would hear those first nine words about being glad and singing for joy. I wish we could stand together as one people and be glad about everything that is still good in our country thanks to the blessings God continues to shower upon us, but I won’t hold my breath either. The psalmist tells us exactly why we can be glad and why we can sing for joy – because there is only one God and He will judge everyone with equity. He judges all people the same way. See right there it is – equality for all – exactly what everyone wants and is so strongly opinionated about. Except, I have a feeling all of those upset people disgruntled by the lack of equality for everyone in our country, are probably the very ones who do not want God’s equity. God’s equality is not about everybody getting to do everything you have ever wanted no matter what life style you choose. God’s equality is not about mankind deciding citizen’s rights. God’s equity in His judgment, where all mankind truly is equal, is about your faith. Are you part of His kingdom through faith in His Son or are you part of the kingdom of darkness through your rejection? Are you living according to His Word as a result of your faith or are you living a life of sin to spite God and His ways? This is the judgement that will come to all people, perfect equity, perfect equality, alleluia!!! And so we, the people of God, can be glad and sing for joy because we know we will be judged as faithful – not because of what we have done but because of what Jesus Christ has done for us and through us! However, anyone actively rejecting the faith of Jesus Christ probably would not be glad or sing for joy as they will find out His judgment of equity means wrath and condemnation for all non-believers. Equality for all. Equal eternal life for all believers, equal eternal death for all non-believers. That is God’s equality, that is God’s equity. So we as the people of God can be glad, we can sing for joy. Because we know God’s equity for us is only possible through the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Be glad and sing for joy because you as a believer are saved in Jesus Christ. And share God’s equality with all those angry upset people, so that Lord willing more can be brought into the Gospel of Jesus Christ and come to know God’s equity rather than the world’s equality.