Another Psalm with the emphasis on looking to God. Time and time again things happen in life, or we encounter situations, and we don't know what to do. These things happen to cause us to look to God.
God is enthroned in heaven. Now this does not mean that He is far away. This is a popular misconception concerning what heaven is about. Jesus came preaching that the kingdom of heaven is near. Before sin came in, God fellowshipped with Adam and Eve. We are meant to live in harmony and in communion with God, using our own strength and abilities, and His resources as well. So we should look to heaven, expecting God to provide answers from there.
Then the psalmist uses the analogy of a slave looking to its master. To us this looks odd as we have a low view of slavery, but the point here is that a master has a responsibility towards his slave. God has a responsibility towards us, and we can be confident that at the right time He will fulfil that responsibility.
Today Christians increasingly endure contempt from the world. There is nothing new about this, and just as God helped in Bible times, He will help us today.
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