What is the meaning of Psalm 90:11? Who knows the power of Your anger? This opening question stops us in our tracks, reminding us that God’s anger is far larger than human minds can grasp. We know bits and pieces, but never the whole. • Job affirms this limitation: “These are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him!” (Job 26:14). • Nahum asks the same searching question: “Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure the fierce anger?” (Nahum 1:6). • Hebrews warns, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31). • When God descended on Sinai, the mountain shook and the people trembled (Exodus 19:16-18), a living picture of the power behind His anger. Sin, then, is never a small offense. To treat it casually is to forget the immeasurable force behind the Lord’s righteous fury (Psalm 50:22). His holiness demands justice, and we are wise to acknowledge the seriousness before we presume upon His patience. Your wrath matches the fear You are due. God’s wrath is not random or excessive; it perfectly corresponds to the holy reverence He deserves. • Psalm 76:7 declares, “You alone are to be feared. Who can stand before You when You are angry?” — tying fear and wrath together. • Revelation 14:7 calls all people to “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come.” • Proverbs 9:10 reminds us, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,” underscoring that a right view of God’s wrath leads to life-giving reverence. • Romans 1:18 shows the balance: “The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness,” because humanity has refused the worship He is due. For believers, this truth anchors gratitude: Jesus bore the full measure of wrath that exactly matched the honor we owed yet failed to give (Isaiah 53:5-6; 2 Corinthians 5:21). For unbelievers, it is a sober warning that judgment will be precisely calibrated to their disregard of God’s glory (John 3:36). In practical terms: – Healthy fear keeps us from trivializing sin. – Healthy fear fuels humble obedience (1 Peter 1:17). – Healthy fear produces deep worship, because the same God whose wrath is awesome also pours out steadfast love on those who revere Him (Psalm 103:11). summary Psalm 90:11 teaches that no one fully comprehends the magnitude of God’s anger, yet His wrath is always exactly proportionate to the honor He deserves. The verse calls us to sober-minded awe, to repent of every casual attitude toward sin, and to worship the Lord whose holiness, justice, and saving mercy stand in perfect balance. |
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