Against Fatalism, If You're Not Sure What to Do, Do Something

In Psalm 2, an important geopolitical question is asked point-blank. "Why do the nations rage       and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves,       and the rulers take counsel together,       against Yahweh and against his Anointed, saying,  “Let us burst their bonds apart       and cast away their cords from us.”   He who sits in the heavens laughs;       the Lord holds them in derision.   Then he will speak to them in his wrath,       and terrify them in his fury, saying,   “As for me, I have set my King       on Zion, my holy hill.” Thus the stage is set. Wicked rulers look for ways to be unbound from God's authority, and the Lord laughs at them, because all their plans and schemes and first-shaking is for naught. And this is an important truth to keep in mind, when it seems as though godless men hold hostage all the power and wealth in the world, and will despoil what and whom they will without any accountability. God will not be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.But some seem to forget this, or think everything that happens proceeds apace without much engagement from the saints. Calling for repentance? The nation and its rulers will not repent. Making disciples of all nations? They all must be saved from their nations, and into Christ's Kingdom. Render unto Caesar what is Caesars. Render unto God what is God's. Yet later on in Psalm 2, it becomes clear that the nations themselves will be Christ's heritage, "and the ends of the earth your possession."And what the Son will do with them is break and dash them. But then comes the warning, nevertheless, to the kings of the nations, to be wise, and be warned. Thereafter they are told to "Serve Yahweh with fear, and rejoice with trembling."If some one will say this sounds very political, I will say that is correct, and that it sounds like what it is. But that is alright, and fret not so much about that truth as you do who says so, and the implications.