The Lord Reigns

 Jeremiah 16-17; Psalms 96; John 16

“Say among the nations, ‘The Lord reigns. The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity…Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy; they will sing before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth.’”

Psalm 96:10, 12, 13

“The Lord reigns.” These three words change everything for those who hear them and believe them to be true. Those three words are to be our proclamation among the nations. There is a King and it isn’t us. His name is the Lord God. He is the Creator and Sustainer of all things. Every living thing owes its existence to the Lord. Ultimate justice will happen as the Lord judges all nations and peoples with his truth. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life, and the only way we can know the Lord God. Jesus is also our righteousness, through him, the only way we can stand before a Holy God.

Who needs to hear those three words today?

“Lord God, I humble myself before you and worship you. You alone reign over the nations and one day we will all stand before you. May my life and words proclaim your reign.”