Psalms 74:12-17 (ESV Strong's)
12 Yet God my King is from of old,
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 You divided the sea by your might;
you broke the heads of the sea monsters on the waters.
14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan;
you gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
15 You split open springs and brooks;
you dried up ever-flowing streams.
16 Yours is the day, yours also the night;
you have established the heavenly lights and the sun.
17 You have fixed all the boundaries of the earth;
you have made summer and winter.
In Fear Turn to God’s Sovereignty
In Psalms 74 we are read9ing a lament about the nation of Israel’s loss of their land, their Temple and their people to captivity. The writer is bemoaning these losses in the first few verses. What is the solution? He turns to the power and sovereignty of God. He focuses on these areas, centered around the “salvation” of God. The writer wants his readers to know that aGod has the power redeem them. He demonstrates this in this way:
1. God is sovereign over all creatures. Just like the invading armies came to destroy Israel, God has the power to destroy them like he destroyed great sea creatures.
2. God is sovereign over all his creation, in particularly the seas in the rivers. God makes them flow where he wants him to flow. So too, can he redeem Israel and have them return to the land.
3. God is so sovereign over his creating the day in the night. He created the sun in the moon. He makes the World spin on its axis. He certainly can rescue Israel from their captivity.
4. God sets the boundaries of the world. He sits the boundaries for the summer in the winter. If he sets the boundaries for the seasons, he can certainly set the boundaries for mankind.
When we were in fear, and in doubt, and in calamity, our focus out to be on the sovereignty of God. That he is still in control.
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