Joel Kim

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon the earth.

The endings sandwich what's in the middle that ought to be highlighted for us to see.

And it simply says, let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon the earth.

And there are two things from here.

Blessed people praise God.

In the three short verses, we are reminded to praise and sing for joy five times.

Let the peoples praise you.

Let all the peoples praise you.

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy.

Let the peoples praise you.

Let all the peoples praise you.

When you see someone repeat something over and over again, you know what they're trying to do?

Get you to listen and to tell you this is incredibly important.

Let the nations praise.

Friends, even unbelievers thank God and give praise when things are going well.

When our bodies are healthy, our bank accounts are full, our churches are full of people in our pews, as well as the future looks bright and clear.

What makes Christians like you and me contrarians in the eyes of the world?

You are not normal.

We are not normal.

Instead of reacting to our circumstances the way we see them, we ought to see with hope what God is doing in the midst of those circumstances.