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Psalm 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them to pieces like a potter’s vessel. We see the journey from where the nations are raging against the Lord’s anointed. They can’t stand what God is doing, and God affirms what He’s doing. Then He says to the anointed, «Ask of Me for the nations.»
The result is when God says, «I give the nations to you,» He says you shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them to pieces. There are two thoughts there: breaking them, dashing them to pieces. These are all very strong words, so it’s not a very light thing. It will be a very strong work of deliverance and a strong work of victory that God is bringing to His anointed. That verse talks about breaking the powers of evil. Remember, I said that the nations represent godlessness or the heathen. It is the breaking of the powers of evil or powers of darkness, demonic powers, and spiritual powers. God gives us power to break them, and we dash them to pieces.
That’s the first thing. Second is the breaking of the power of evil conspirators-those who conspire with demonic entities to mess up the lives of God’s people, God’s children. Their power is broken. The third thing is the breaking of the power of the world, the power of the nations, and the power that blinds the eyes of people whom the enemy allows to walk into. We break that power over the nations in the name of Jesus.
As I said yesterday, there is a missional sight to this Psalm because it talks about the deliverance of the nations to the gospel of Christ, the deliverance of the nations to worship God, and the deliverance of the nations to accept Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior. That is what He says: you shall break them to pieces, and you shall dash them to pieces. When that happens, two things occur: salvation for sinners and deliverance for the oppressed.
In the end, when God shows us favor, when God shows us His goodness, God does something for us. It is not just for us to feel good and feel vindicated; it is so that His glory will be seen, that people will come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, and that people will come to know God as sovereign and accept His power. The nations that started rebelling against God now submit to Him and serve Him because your personal blessing must always end in the deliverance of captives from darkness into light.
You are an ambassador for Christ if you are a believer, and God blesses you so you can be a blessing to others. Today, I trust that God will use you and your testimony to break the powers of darkness over people’s lives and assure them that the sovereign God rules and reigns in the affairs of man. Let us pray. Say with me, «Heavenly Father, today I stand in the victory of Christ over all the power of the enemy, and I proclaim deliverance for captives in Jesus' name. Amen and amen.»