Sunday Psalms;

Father to the fatherless, defender of widows - this is God, 

whose dwelling is holy. God places the lonely in families; 

he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy. But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

Psalm 68:5-6 NLT

This Psalm, this song, has some great lines;

"But God will smash the heads of his enemies..."

Ps 68:21

Not sure if we're going to be singing that in church this morning...

There are parts of this song of victory, of enemies being subdued, because of God's power. That's what the writer has valued in the past and wants to see again. 

And yet in these verses we see God's heart exposed;

Father to the fatherless

Defender of widows

He places the lonely in families

Sets those imprisoned free

Jesus did not exercise power the way David visioned it, wanted it to work out. Jesus enemy was death, and the things that separate us. 

And he calls us to follow him, to follow his heart, to stand in the gap with those who need someone they don't have,

to defend those who can't defend themselves,

to make space for those who don't fit in, who are left out, excluded, 

to find freedom from what binds people, holds them down, holds them back.

That seems a lot! 

What's one small thing I can do in one area, with one person today? 

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