Psalm 74:17

Psalm74:17

God sets all the boundaries

“When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided all mankind, He set up boundaries for the people according to the number of sons of Israel.” Deuteronomy 32:8.

“From one man God made all nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.” Acts 17:26.

This Psalm has been reminding us that the Lord God is in control of nature, of the destiny of Israel, of the waters and the seas, of the empires and the tyrannies of man. God controls the day and the night and the sun and the moon. Now we are reminded that He controls the geographical boundaries of the populations, the history of men, the ebbing and flowing of the nations and their changing influences. God also has His hand upon the seasons, and He dictates their beginning and their end. John introduces Jesus into the equation and writes, “He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.” John 1:2-4.

We do not need to panic about all that is going on in our world. Nothing happens without God’s command and His control. We think that man is in control and that we somehow have to resolve all of the problems that we have created! What a fallacy! There is only one Being who holds the reigns of the past, the present and the future and, believe me, everything is going to plan! Hallelujah! 

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