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I'm thinking today of a verse in Psalm 78.

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If you listened to my voice now just a couple of days ago, you realize I've been spending

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a bit of time in Psalm 78.

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Anyway, Psalm 78, verse 66 says, He drove his adversaries backwards.

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He put on them an everlasting reproach.

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God drives backwards those foolish enough to stand against him.

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It's the wrath.

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Wrath is opposition, violent opposition, like in football where two lines hold up and face

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off each other and they push and the offensive line tries to push the defensive line back

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and the defensive line tries to push the offensive line back but understand that God never fails

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back, fails to push back the opposition.

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God puts them on them an everlasting reproach.

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They are put on a leash, disconnected because they were adversaries of God.

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God loves you and He doesn't want to be distant from you.

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He doesn't want to be separated from you.

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He wants to be in perfect relationships with you.

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And so, do not be an adversary of God.

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Think about the kind of things that God likes to do.

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That's what it means when it says, walk in the ways of the Lord.

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He likes to love people.

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He likes to serve people.

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He likes to give, to be merciful and kind.

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God has given you a special spiritual gift if you've been saved and born again.

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By the way, if you haven't been born again, just right now cry out to God in the name

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of Jesus Christ and say, I would have you as Lord and as you can be in charge of my

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life, I would have you as Savior.

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And as I recognize you, you pay the penalty for my sins.

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Believe in Him and receive what He offers and by grace He'll save you.

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Serve the Lord today.

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Don't be an adversary or you put the adversary backwards.