Divine Intervention

I love reading the Bible in different versions for my devotional use. It just brings to life passages that I am prone to skim over out of familiarity.

Two nights ago, I read this passage in the NET Bible and have heard this words ringing in my ears from Psalm 102:

102:18 The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations;
people yet to be born will praise the Lord.
102:19 For he will look down from his sanctuary above;
from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,
102:20 in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners,
and to set free those condemned to die,
102:21 so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion,
and praise him in Jerusalem,
102:22 when the nations gather together,
and the kingdoms pay tribute to the Lord.

Think of it from where you sit. "The account of His intervention will be recorded...". Don't you see the need for it everywhere? Even in the Christianized society in which I live, I see that His intervention is desperately needed.

This Scripture reminds us that He sees, hears, and sets free for one key purpose: so those freed will proclaim His name when the nations gather together. It's a Psalm anticipating that favorite passage of kingdom-minded believers in Rev. 7:9 - that time around the throne with every tribe, tongue, and nation.

And what will our song of praise to the Lamb extol? Merely "the account of His intervention". He intervened in Christ to reconcile the world to Himself. He intervenes in our individual lives. He intervenes in society. He is not distant. He is not a clockmaker, like the Deists envisioned, who leaves us to figure all this out. He is actively involved. And He hears your cries and those of your people.

Imagine. Of those you serve, some who are yet to be born will praise Him. Maybe that pregnant woman next door. Or perhaps the couple who are marrying this weekend will have a child in this category. The possibilities are endless.

I join you in prayer tonight that His nail-scarred hand will pierce the division between heaven and earth, bring God's will to earth as it is in heaven, and that by His Divine Intervention make progress toward that day.

Even so, Lord Jesus, come. Let all Your interventions in our world prepare a people to praise You when the ultimate intervention comes and we gather at Your throne.