The Judge of All the Earth

The Judge of All the Earth

Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight— That You may be found just when You speak, and blameless when You judge.

Psalm 51:4

David had an excellent understanding of the Character of God. He understood that God is merciful and ready to forgive or he would have been wasting his time in repenting and confessing his sin. He also understood that God is just or he would have been able to simply go on in his practices of wickedness knowing that there would be no real consequence. In the first half of the verse from which our text for today derives, David owns his sin and that his sin has been against God first and foremost. In the portion which serves as our text for today, he highlights the just character of God, ‘that you may be found just when you speak and blameless when you judge.’ David understood the Character of God as it manifests itself in Christ. It was the preincarnate Christ Whom Abraham addressed when he said, ‘shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?’ It is in Christ that, ‘Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.‘ Christ is the personal manifestation of the God Who is both merciful and just. What we know of God we see in the face of Christ. When we approach God, having failed miserably, let us bear uppermost in our mind that we are coming to the Judge of all the earth, Who will do right according to His Holy Character which is, at once, Merciful and Just. We are in need of such a God as this.

Our Wise and Holy God,
We praise You that You are ever true and faithful.
We rejoice that You will do right
and that Christ will get all the glory.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning