Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who live in this world, both low and high,
rich and poor alike: Psalms 49:1-2
People who have wealth but lack understanding are like the beasts that perish. Psalms 49:20
But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself. Psalms 49:15
Do you ever look around and think, Why are those cheaters, liars, members of Congress, etc succeeding and I'm still struggling so much? I know I have and do, but the psalmist reminds us, God is with us and He'll redeem us for eternity and the others will suffer the fate of unbelievers.
Charles Spurgeon writes, "The chief musician here bids us not to fear the ungodly. However high they may be placed, they are but dying men and when they die their hope shall perish with them. He gives a very graphic description of the deathbed and of the perdition of ungodly men.
No warning is intended only for a few. Hear this, then, all you people. Whether you are low, you are not too low to listen to His voice. Or, whether you are high, you are not too high to be under His supremacy. "
Join me in reading Psalm 49 and be encouraged!
