The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Psalm 12:1,
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"Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race."
Here is a painful observation by David. He calls out to the Lord with this indictment of the entire human race as he looks about, seeking relief for himself, the poor, the needy, and the maligned.
Proverbs 19:22a tells us, "What a person desires is unfailing love..." David, as we all do, yearned for faithfulness and loyalty, someone "unfailing" and that is what David did not find in mankind at this point in his life.
While David did not find what he yearned for in people, he did find it in God. God is faithful and God cares. We find this stressed throughout the Scriptures in passages like 1 Corinthians 1:8-9, "He [God] will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."
I have always thought the greatest need we have is to find someone that can satisfy that empty hole in our hearts that our estrangement from God has brought. At times we seek it from family members, or friends, or coworkers. I believe this becomes a destructive element in many marriages. Some look to our spouses to provide for us what only God can - setting our marriages up for difficult times. There is no one like God. Only God can fill that missing element in our lives.
David found it and we can too!
"Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him." Psalm 24:8.
Here is a painful observation by David. He calls out to the Lord with this indictment of the entire human race as he looks about, seeking relief for himself, the poor, the needy, and the maligned.
Proverbs 19:22a tells us, "What a person desires is unfailing love..." David, as we all do, yearned for faithfulness and loyalty, someone "unfailing" and that is what David did not find in mankind at this point in his life.
While David did not find what he yearned for in people, he did find it in God. God is faithful and God cares. We find this stressed throughout the Scriptures in passages like 1 Corinthians 1:8-9, "He [God] will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."
I have always thought the greatest need we have is to find someone that can satisfy that empty hole in our hearts that our estrangement from God has brought. At times we seek it from family members, or friends, or coworkers. I believe this becomes a destructive element in many marriages. Some look to our spouses to provide for us what only God can - setting our marriages up for difficult times. There is no one like God. Only God can fill that missing element in our lives.
David found it and we can too!
"Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him." Psalm 24:8.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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