The Apple of His Eye ... commentary of Psalm 74
The Apple of His Eye
… A commentary of Psalm
74
Verse Twenty-Two
Psalm 74:22: “Arise, O God,
plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man
reproacheth thee daily.”
“…thine own cause:”
When a man lines out with God, it
can be said, he agrees with God.
The two of them can walk together.
We find this principle in the book of Amos.
See chapter three, verse three:
“Can two walk together, except they be
agreed?” [Amos 3:3]
When a man agrees with God, he will
take God’s opinions for his very own
opinions. God’s causes will be his
causes. This man will be as
David. He will cry out as David did
in the day of battle. Read in the first book
of Samuel the prophet, in chapter seventeen, verse
twenty-nine:
“And David said, What have I now done?
Is there not a cause?” [1
Samuel 17:29]
Is there not a cause?
There is a cause. David
enlisted in a battle to defend the honor of
his God, the God of Israel.
Now, go back to verse twenty-six,
and we will read there:
“And David spake to the men that stood
by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that
killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the
reproach from Israel? for who is this
uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the
armies of the living God?” [1
Samuel 17:26]
Here is a warning to all those who hate
Israel:
·
To reproach Israel is
to reproach Israel’s God.
·
To defy the army of
Israel is to defy the armies of the living
God. Watch out for the living God!
David took offense when God was
reproached by that old Philistine, Goliath.
Now, lining out with God will result
in a person, or a people, smelling like God.
This smell, or odor, comes from fellowshipping
with the Son of God, Jesus Christ:
“God is faithful, by whom ye were
called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ
our Lord.” [1 Corinthians 1:9]
To fasten onto this truth a little
deeper, we turn to the Second Epistle of Paul
the Apostle to the Corinthians in chapter two,
verses fifteen and sixteen:
“For we are unto God a
sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and
in them that perish:
To the one we are the savour of
death unto death; and to the other the savour of
life unto life. And who is sufficient for
these things?” [2 Corinthians
2:15-16]
“Arise, O God, plead…”
Now, there is a day when God will arise,
and take care of the business that is at
hand! God is going to plead his own cause
with all flesh. This will be with
all 193 nations of the United Nations.
This cause is a case, and
this case will be tried in the ultimate supreme
court. This has been foretold in the
BOOK.
Now, open up your Bible to the book
of Jeremiah the prophet to chapter twenty-five,
verse thirty-one:
“A noise shall come even to the
ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy
with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he
will give them that are wicked to the sword,
saith the LORD.” [Jeremiah 25:31]
And now, turn to the book of Joel, chapter
three, verse two:
“I will also gather all nations, and
will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat,
and will plead with them there for my people and
for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered
among the nations, and parted my land.”
[Joel 3:2]
Verse twenty-two, again: “Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
”
The Fool
Now we come to the matter of a fool.
The prophet sees certain men
as GOD sees them. It is a foolish
man that reproaches God, and laughs at
what is right.
Do you want to know something else? A
fool is an idiot! The ultimate
fool, or idiot, is addressed by the
Spirit of God in Psalm fourteen, verse one.
Are you ready for this?
“The fool hath said in his heart,
There is no God. They are corrupt, they have
done abominable works, there is none that
doeth good.” [Psalm 14:1]
The atheist = FOOL
The fool says:
There is no God!
Therefore, the fool is corrupted.
He is a liar. He lies to himself!
“For the invisible things
of him from the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made,
even his eternal power and Godhead; so that
they are without excuse:” [Romans
1:20]
Therefore, the fool is without excuse.
The LORD God of the Bible has devoted one whole
chapter of one book [among many other places in
Scripture] to describe a fool.
Open up your Bible to the book of Proverbs,
chapter twenty-six. Please note this: Every
verse [except verse two] for twelve verses in a row
makes a reference to a fool or fools:
Verse one: “As snow
in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not
seemly for a fool.” [Proverbs 26:1]
Verse three: “A whip
for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for
the fool's back.” [Proverbs 26:3]
Verse four: “Answer
not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be
like unto him.” [Proverbs 26:4]
Verse five: “Answer
a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in
his own conceit.” [Proverbs 26:5]
Verse six: “He that
sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off
the feet, and drinketh damage.”
[Proverbs 26:6]
Verse seven: “The
legs of the lame are not equal: so is a
parable in the mouth of fools.”
[Proverbs 26:7]
Verse eight: “As he
that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he
that giveth honour to a fool.”
[Proverbs 26:8]
Verse nine: “As
a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so
is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
[Proverbs 26:9]
Verse ten: “The
great God that formed all things both
rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.”
[Proverbs 26:10]
Verse eleven: “As a
dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool
returneth to his folly.” [Proverbs
26:11]
Verse twelve: “Seest
thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is
more hope of a fool than of him.”
[Proverbs 26:12]
“…reproacheth thee daily”
Now, it is the fool that
reproaches God.
It is the fool who dares to treat
God’s NAME with utter contempt.
It is the fool that finds fault
with God using cursing with all foul
language.
The fool’s mouth is:
1.
Full of cursing
2.
Full of deceit
3.
Full of fraud
Under his tongue is:
1.
Mischief
2.
Vanity
“His mouth is full of
cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is
mischief and vanity.” [Psalm 10:7]
Thus, the fool … is found out to be what he
is … a wicked person.