How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? Psalm 13:1
Have you ever felt like God is distant? I’m speaking to those of us who believe in God…the living God of the Bible. Even though you may have a right theology of who God is, His sovereignty, His power, His majesty have you ever felt like He isn’t there? Have you ever felt like God has forgotten you? Even if you have felt like this are you comfortable admitting it?
Read More6 The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. Psalm 12:6
What is our posture to the Word of God? I am not overly concerned here with a right theology of Scripture. Understand, that a correct theology of Scripture is vitally important and any conversation of Scripture should be bathed in the understanding that Scripture is inerrant, infallible and authoritative.
Read MoreSave, O Lord, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. 2 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak. Psalm 12:1-2
Truth has long ago made an exit from our society, or at least any idea of truth in an absolute form. Relativity, the idea that one “truth” is as good as another and that for the sake of tolerance and peace no one “truth” can be seen as more true than another. This is posture of our culture. Scarier, though, is that these ideas of truth aren’t simply contained to our “secular” culture, but these concepts have found significant acceptance within our current church culture.
Read MoreFor the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face. Psalm 11:7
What a wonderful progression of truth and promise in the final verse of Psalm 11. The Psalmist here allows us to see who God is, what He desires and what His ultimate, Gospel-promise is. We read first that God is righteous. Everything about God, His character, His will, His action is all right and good.
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