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Psalm 97 verse 1. The Lord rains. Let the earth rejoice.

Let the many coastlands be glad.

And I should add, there's an exclamation point at the end of glad there in verse one.

I want you to think about this with me. Why should the earth

rejoice and the coastlands be glad? Here's why. because the Lord reigns. I want you to think with me about how the reality that the Lord Yawawe, God reigns, brings joy to our lives and joy to the world.

Just let it soak in isn't it good to know that the Lord who

reigns is just so when you see injustice in the world you know

ultimately justice will rain out.

Just think about what it would be like if the one who rains over the world

was unjust, that would leave us no room for rejoicing in this world.

Like we would be afraid of so many different things in this world.

If the ruler of the world was unjust,

or what if the ruler of the world,

the one who rains over the world was unloving or unkind, not merciful.

Just think about what it would be like if the one who rains over the world changed, like went from bad to good and good to bad and you never knew

what was going to happen that particular day. You just think about all the characteristics

we know about God that he is just, holy, perfect, unchanging, loving, merciful, kind, compassionate, all powerful. Think about what it would be like

if the one who rains had some power but couldn't actually accomplish his good purposes. All of the attributes of God

that we see in scripture give us reason to rejoice that he's the one who rains and bring this down to your life.

Today, no matter what you're walking through,

no matter what you face in the world,

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