Psalm 9:19-20   
Arise Lord!
       David’s call for the Lord to arise is a call to action. The suggestion is that the Lord is sitting down, inactive, maybe even asleep! Clearly God does not fall asleep, nor does He remain inactive, nevertheless David requests that His God should step in and take control.  Let mere mortals know that they cannot withstand the God of heaven and earth, the Lord of all. This song calls for judgement and a world-wide awareness that God is present. Let these wicked nations, who are but men, tremble in recognition that the God they ignore is their Judge. 
It’s good to be aware of all of this, but does it represent our own prayer life? Would you dare to ask God to strike the nations with terror? Would you plead with Him to show governments and rulers, who believe themselves to be so important and powerful, that actually they are just mortals who have a very small time on this planet and that soon they are to die?  Perhaps we have anaesthetised ourselves, our churches and the gospel so much that we forget who we are as ambassadors of Almighty God, we barely believe who He truly is and we have no sense of how terrified the people around us should really be. If we have a sense of our calling, an awareness of the almighty power of God and the evil that persists across the world, then we will start to pray like David prayed. 

O God, in our day, judge the wickedness of the nations. Show them that You are God and that you are a righteous, holy judge. The leaders of the world ignore you still, they hatch their plans and they scheme and plot against you. Some of them deny Your power and sovereignty and open their countries to all sorts of evil influences in the name of tolerance. They believe they have control of the world, but the prince of the world has control of them.  Thank You, O Lord that You care for Your people and never forget those who humbly acknowledge You. Show us Your heart that we may pray with integrity and awareness. 

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