Psalm 75

“When I choose a time,
I will judge fairly.”

God reminds us of two things (at least) in this one brief verse.

1. He is on His own timetable. God does His work according to the schedule, the plan, that He has. He doesn’t change His plan, His mind, His timing for any reason. When He decides the time is right, He will act.
2. He will judge – fairly. He is coming to judge the wicked and the righteous. To separate those who do evil from those who follow Him and seek to do His will.

Of course, this means all of us are judged, and fairly so; for all of us have sinned and fall short of God’s glory. We can’t stand in the judgment. None of us.

But, praise God! He has provided salvation for His day of judgment. For those who believe in Him, Jesus Christ stands in our place. Holy, Righteous, Perfect.

And He claims us as His own.

To God be the glory!

(The image above, illustrating verse 8 of this Psalm, is one I’ve struggled with almost more than any other so far in this project. It’s a representation of a metaphor – easy for me to imagine, difficult for me to illustrate. It is an image that represents God pouring out judgment on the world. It flows from His hand to be drunk by the wicked in this world. It’s not intended to be a pleasant image. Instead, it evokes the immediacy and universality of God’s reach into this world with His hand of judgment.)