Morning Direction From Scripture 6-26-19

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O God, do not be silent!
    Do not be deaf.
    Do not be quiet, O God.
2 Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies?
    Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?
3 They devise crafty schemes against your people;
    they conspire against your precious ones.
4 “Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation.
    We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
5 Yes, this was their unanimous decision.
    They signed a treaty as allies against you—
6 these Edomites and Ishmaelites;
    Moabites and Hagrites;
7 Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites;
    and people from Philistia and Tyre.
8 Assyria has joined them, too,
    and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude PSalm 83:1-8

What would actually happen if God stopped being quiet around most of us?

Mid Afternoon Meditation 6-25-19

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1 God presides in the great assembly;
    he renders judgment among the “gods”:

2 “How long will you[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality to the wicked?[b]
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;
    uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

5 “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.
    They walk about in darkness;
    all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 “I said, ‘You are “gods”;
    you are all sons of the Most High.’
7 But you will die like mere mortals;
    you will fall like every other ruler.”

8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
    for all the nations are your inheritance. Psalm 82

What is significant about all the nations being God’s inheritance?

Morning Direction from Scripture 6-21-19

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1 God presides in the great assembly;
    he renders judgment among the “gods”:

2 “How long will you[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality to the wicked?[b]
3 Defend the weak and the fatherless;
    uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

5 “The ‘gods’ know nothing, they understand nothing.
    They walk about in darkness;
    all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 “I said, ‘You are “gods”;
    you are all sons of the Most High.’
7 But you will die like mere mortals;
    you will fall like every other ruler.”

8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth,
    for all the nations are your inheritance. Psalm 82

Do you have a part in defending the weak and fatherless? What is it?