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Financial tsunami brought some people closer to God, and yet they brought these people away from God, or maybe these people were never close to God.

"Financial tsunami"

Other than increasing sale of safes and second hand shops, according to the news yesterday, more people are going to church to pray after the collapse of the markets.

The news report said people are praying for the market, even though I don't think God is gonna boost up the market any time soon, it is encouraging to see God using this chance to get people to turn back to Him, and stop relying on their own power and wealth. (despite losing so much money myself... =P)

Psalms 3

[0] A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
[1] O LORD, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
[2] many are saying of me,
there is no help for him in God. [Selah]
[3] But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.
[4] I cry aloud to the LORD,
and he answers me from his holy hill. [Selah]
[5] I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
[6] I am not afraid of ten thousands of people
who have set themselves against me round about.
[7] Arise, O LORD!
Deliver me, O my God!
For thou dost smite all my enemies on the cheek,
thou dost break the teeth of the wicked.
[8] Deliverance belongs to the LORD;
thy blessing be upon thy people! [Selah]

v3-4: David's prayer
v5 God's answer, after that David suddenly changed, how did God answer David's prayer? By letting him SLEEP! It's not easy to fall asleep while you're in the run. However, in v5, the original Hebrew translation, it is something like, "I, I lay down and then fell asleep, and I woke up." This is how David knew God is with him, and he was no longer afraid after that.

Bring our focus back to God, and see God's presence within simple experiences. God did not speak to David through visions/dreams. Trust God.

David did not pray that God kill his enemy (as he did in other Psalms), just slap them or break their teeth (so that they can no longer bite others maybe).

In v8, he prayed that God blessed His people, but in this case, the rebellion of Absalom, the people are his enemies! Can we pray like that?

Psalms 2

Ps.2
[1] Why do the nations conspire,
and the peoples plot in vain?
[2] The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD and his anointed, saying,
[3] "Let us burst their bonds asunder,
and cast their cords from us."
[4] He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the LORD has them in derision.
[5] Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
[6] "I have set my king
on Zion, my holy hill."
[7] I will tell of the decree of the LORD:
He said to me, "You are my son,
today I have begotten you.
[8] Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and the ends of the earth your possession.
[9] You shall break them with a rod of iron,
and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
[10] Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
[11] Serve the LORD with fear,
with trembling
[12] kiss his feet,
lest he be angry, and you perish in the way;
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

We are unfamiliar with the historical settings of Psalms 2. This is NOT about Jesus, v7 "You are my son, today I have begotten you." is the kind of language used during the crowning of a king. It is about the time when Solomon became king of Israel. (That's when the nations conspired to attack the anointed.)

This is such a political psalms. We are so used to the idea of the separation of church and state. Church is pure and politics dirty. This is so not the case.

Even in God's church, we see all these problems. What should we do in these cases? How can we pray for politics? How can we pray for our church politics?

Look and see what God is doing! God has already set his king. (v6)

We should NOT limit God to what we want, and ask for God's will. Learn to submit to God's will. Even when the church is ruled by THAT pastor! If we don't want to listen to God, pray that we are willing to.

That's what God means when He said, "for everyone who asks receives."