Psalm 52:1 (ESV) —
1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
Psalm 52:7 (ESV) —
7 “See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!”
NOTE: In verse 1,
the wicked is boasting of a tremendously evil act that God did nothing to stop
(probably the slaughter of the priests by Doeg the Edomite), and so all people
should fear this wicked person's power. But the wicked do not understand. God's
love remains constant despite the evil in the world. He is not unaware. He will
judge evil. And no evil thwarts his eternal plan. Our problem is that we
misunderstand eternity and consequently place too much emphasis on the here and
now, the temporal. In the wicked persons' pride, they think they are winning
because wickedness grows. Verse 7 is a warning to all the wicked and elites
(those who think they know better) of the world. They are glorying in the very
things that will destroy them. The world is coming to judgment. It is sooner
than we think. It will be terrifying and complete. Woe to the arrogant, those
who refuse to humble themselves before the Lord.
PRAYER: Father,
there is so much evil in the world these days. It is beyond amazing what is not
considered evil. It is a very ugly world and your voice is lost. Give us
strength to proclaim the good news. We desperately need a revival in our
hearts.
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