OVERRULED BY GOD

God's Overruling of Men

Psa. 76:10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

The phrase, "The wrath of man," here stands for all that is evil. It refers to the fierce passion of revolt, expressing itself in definite rebellion. It’s appalling power has been seen in all the small conflicts, inspired by evil desire, and unrighteous lust. This singer of the olden time had seen the wrath of man working havoc in human affairs, as we also have seen it. But he had watched closely and he had seen God, surrounding all its activity by His Own presence and holding it within His Own, grasp, and so compelling it at last to work out His Own purpose, and thus to work towards His praise. Then he had seen God, when the limit was reached, restrain this wrath, in the pictorial language of the singer, girding it upon Himself, and so preventing its further action under the will of man. The declaration of this Hebrew singer, from what he saw in his own day, may be applied to all human history. Thus God has always compelled the wrath of man to praise Him; and this will He do until He finally gird it upon Himself, a trophy of His victory, a sure sign at once of His power and His love. God is about to dress Himself with man’s foolish attempts of anger at God and His ways, throwing out His Word, making His words of no respect and all the while His words describing their end which they refused to believe. We as the singer of old watch this unfold. Many follow the wrath of man and do not see the eventual outcome and have no faith to believe the words of the singer. Just as in the days of Noah. Much hasn’t changed.