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Let God arise

Something to think about as we enter into Good Friday,

~Al

And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. Num 10:35 
 
 
Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. 
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 
But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. Psa 68:1-3 To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.
 
 
A good prayer
 
This was what was always said by Moses, when the ark set forward afresh in the wilderness. Enemies were in the path of its progress, and if the ark was to advance, God must scatter them. Advance of all kinds is accompanied with the scattering of enemies. The reformer, the teacher, the pioneer emigrant have all to fight. The very sun, as he scatters the darkness, seems to rise in a sea of blood. And God's cause in the world and the hearts of men must fight its way through enemies.
I. This prayer is to be urged in reference to the enemies of the progress of the Gospel in the world. Selfishness in all its forms, tyranny, hate, worldliness, and unbelief, must be scattered by God's power.
II. This prayer is to be urged in reference to the enemies of the peace and sanctification of God's people, and of the sinner's salvation. The Old Testament speaks much about enemies; the New far more about enmity. God's avenging sword of old cut off His enemies; the Sword of the Spirit slays enmity. The reason of the difference is found in the different stages of God's work in the world. God in the old dispensation had to carve out a little space for His garden and vineyard on the earth; now the whole earth is His garden, and He must root out every plant that He has not planted. It is not human beings that are God's enemies; it is sin in man that is the enemy against which God fights. God's enemies and man's real enemies are the same. We do not conquer our enemies, because we do not sufficiently feel that they are God's too. (Homiletic Magazine.)

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