Someday Everyone will Know

Scripture:
Cover their faces with shame
so that they will seek Your name Yahweh.
Let them be put to shame and terrified forever;
let them perish in disgrace.
May they know that You alone -
whose name is Yahweh -
are the Most High over all the earth.
Psalm 83:16-18

Observation: As the psalmist seeks punishment against - and protection from - enemies, yet he concludes not with a curse, but with a hope. The hope is that these enemies will learn that Yahweh is the true God and Lord of all the earth. He may want the enemy struck down, but he also wants them to discover the truth and find a belief. It isn't desired just to shame them or kill them or defeat them, but rather to also convince - and maybe convert - them.

Application: I was thinking just this Sunday about Revelation, and the idea that "every knee will bow" someday. There will come a time when everyone will know the Lord is God, and Jesus is the source of salvation. Everyone will know these truths. It may not change their destiny, and it may just be that they will discover they chose wrongly ... but all will know.

I still pray that many people I know do not learn this the hard way. I wish they would learn and believe while there is time to receive the gift of salvation. I pray they are not like the Assyrians, who will learn only when God kills their army and drives them away, so they learn to simply return to their faithless lives. It may be comforting to know that, someday, all will know the truth, yet I still hope that many do not simply 'know' but can believe soon.

Prayer: Lord, I have friends who remain far from you. They hear, and they ignore. They see, and they turn away. They perceive, and yet they do not learn. Please call them. I understand their free will, yet I ask that your love be renewed toward them and manifested in ways they must acknowledge and reconsider. May we awaken this corner of the world, Lord, for your glory alone. Amen.