A Royal Reversal

“ . . . the Lord takes pleasure in his people.
He crowns those who are oppressed with victory.”
Psalm 149:4

God’s Heart seems to have a special place for those who are suffering. He cares for
the weak. . . the poor . . . those suffering with sickness. . . those suffering injustice . . .
the orphans, the most vulnerable in this world. Widows, orphans, down-cast, down-
trodden, and so many other realities that cause suffering in humans. But He does not
simply notice them. He does something toward them that raises them up to a higher
Reality. He creates a Divine Reversal for life. He creates a new identity in their very
spirits.

The Psalmist writes these words concerning a total reversal of what Man sees or
understands.

God gives them crowns. God elevates them to a high place of honor, respect, and
value. He speaks of giving crowns of victory to oppressed people. Oppressed people
normally have no justice, and little hope of any reversal of their situations. Without Him,
there is little Hope for the future. . . nor for the present.

God is fully aware of the state of this world. It is so utterly different from the World He
created in the Beginning. HE did not change. We changed. We chose. We lost. We
failed. And that reality has consistently continued throughout all of Time.

Yet, as a loving parent holds onto the knowledge of what a wayward child can still be,
still deep inside their identity, God continues to see His Own Image in each of us. He
knows who we were created to be, and who we really are, beneath all of the rubble we
allow to fill our lives, minds and hearts.

He sees us through His Eyes of Love. Eyes that see what was Planned in His heart
from the Beginning. Eyes that see what can be redeemed and made new. Eyes that
see a Path ahead that leads back to Him. . . for Eternity.

He sees how, in the End, the Crown He has held at the ready, can still be ours if and
when we return to Him. Our Father King awaits. . .