Asaph’s confession of faith, “You O God, are my king from of old; you bring salvation upon the earth,” (12) turns into a flow of a collection of God’s deliverances worthy of remembrance of his almighty power over all creation. Asaph counters the Babylonian mocking words, “Where is your God that we crushed? (8) Asaph reminds the earth of some crushing the Lord God did at the creation of the world, during the time of Genesis (13), and the Son of Man did 2,000 years ago.
The Lord God said the the serpent in the Garden, “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” (Genesis 3:15) The Lord told Job who lived in the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, “Can you pull in the Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down his tongue with a rope? …He is king over all that are proud.” He speaks of the Leviathan breathing fire from his mouth, while implying to Job that he, the Lord God, defeated him. (Job 41:1, 19-25, 34) Jesus, through his death and resurrection, defeated the serpent who uses the fear of death to compel the proud to rebel, just as the Babylonians burned every place where God was worshiped in the land (8). Asaph reminds the Babylonians of this, for these teachings were also in their legends.
Remember also, Jesus opens the river of life and closes it too (15). He named the day and night and established the course of the sun and moon (16). He said to the land, “Here is your end,” and to the sea, “Here is your beginning.” (17) The Lord Jesus established the seasons with a little tilt of the earth’s axis (17).
The next time the enemy of God mocks your faith in Jesus, remember who Jesus is and what he has done. Make a journal of answered prayers and revelations of the Holy Spirit. When fear of powers seen and unseen seeks to control you and bring you down, “You may say to yourselves, ‘They are stronger than me. How can I drive them out?’ Do not be afraid of them, remember well what the Lord your God did…” (Deuteronomy 7:17-18)
