Psalm 2

David is puzzled by the fact that the rulers and people of the world oppose God and dosen't understand why. In fact, the people oppose God specifically to get rid of what they believe is a set of rules on them they feel are too harsh or impossible to follow and they feel chained up in handcuffs by Gods laws. The desire to be "rid" of God's watchful eye and the "exercution" of our rights to be individuals is universal among all of us and is a part of our sin makeup. I can see why David was puzzled. After I became a Christian, I stopped thinking as I once did and now realize that I was foolish to side with the losing team. God has nothing but the best planned for me and he made me for a specific purpose. How can or why would he at the same time withold things or shackle me down with frustrating rules? From a logical sense, with clear thinking, this does not and cannot make any sense.

God's response is to scoff and infuriate them even more but stating point blank that I too have a King - the Christ - that I will have to rule from Jerusalem, which in turn angers them even more.
I think that God is setting down the law here by stating either change the way you think about me or perish with the enemy. The problem is not God but in my own thinking about what I personally believe and think about God. When I think like this, it doesn't match the reality of the world as God created it. Since I am creating my own reality in my mind and trying to following this personal reality to its own conclusion, it would make sense to break free of God's rule. But this can never happend. I must cleanse my thinking and relook at like to see if my belief about this is accurate and works in the real world. Well with my experience, I definately didn't get anywhere thinking of God as a freedom restrictor and supplier of trials to wear me down. Other than not being true, this thinking has nothing to offer me other than frustration, depression and ultimately a life that is useless to receive God's blessing.

Finally, David intercedes and asks all rulers and judges to be discerning, realize that their attitute is wrong, not God's ways, and to jon God's side, the winning side, by paying homage to Jesus. In doing this they will be blessed and protected from the day of disaster to come. The reason this is right and works is that now my thinking will be aligned with the reality of how the world works, how God works and His plan for salvation. Knowing this, I am less and less tempted to think that God has it in for me on certain days.