Laugh Attack

"He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision." Psalm 2:4

This verse...makes me grin.

Psalm 2 starts off from the bad guys point of view. The kings and rulers of the earth have decided to make some trouble for the Lord and His Anointed. Kill and destroy anything or anyone affiliated with the Most High.

And the author tells us that God is sitting up there laughing at their stupidity. From here, the chapter is finished from God's perspective as He tells the wicked that they don't have a chance against His Anointed. He will defend them, and the wicked will not find refuge because the only true refuge is in Him.

Everyone is after this poor man, and he cries out to God, and God laughs at the wicked! He laughs! God revealed that His response to such a threat was laughter. Not nervous laughter, but the kind of laughter that comes from knowing someone is going down. God says it's not going to happen, and that no on will touch His people. But what a courage booster God's laughter must have been to him! Here he was fretting and worrying, and God laughs because the wicked haven't got a chance.

When the wicked come after you, know that God laughs at their empty threats. Let that be a courage booster for you. Maybe laugh with Him. Take your refuge in Him.

You've all heard, "Ha! I laugh in the face of danger. Ha, ha, ha!" (Lion King)

But I like this better, "Ha! I laugh in the face of the wicked, at those who would dare lay a finger against us! God's taking them out!"