Psalm 14

PSALM 14

"The Characteristics of the Godless"

"There is none who does good; no, not one."  ~ Ps. 14:3

Aside from divine grace, everyone is by nature and practice corrupt and sinful.  Hard to believe, isn't it, when you see a precious baby, that this little one is a sinner who needs salvation. 

We are all born knowing "how" to be bad!  No one has to teach us how to lie, do they?!  By the time your toddler is two years old, they will master this wicked behavior!  And self-centeredness  . . . how quickly a baby wants the universe to be all about him! 

WHAT CAN I LEARN ABOUT GOD THROUGH THIS PSALM:

• The Lord looks down from Heaven to see if there are any who seek God
• The Lord is with the generation of the righteous
• The Lord is the refuge of the poor
• The Lord is our salvation

HOW CAN I PRAISE GOD THROUGH THIS PSALM:

• There is great comfort that the Lord is with the generation of the righteous, and that He is the refuge of the poor.  Our refuge and salvation are of Him.
• The Lord looks down from Heaven - He sees me!

PRAYER:

     O Lord, it is great comfort to know Your eye looks down from Heaven.  How secure we are under Your watchful gaze, even when we know we are so unworthy  Yet, in the righteousness of Your Son, we know You look upon Your children as a loving Father.  May I be one that seeks You, O Lord! I know, Heavenly Father, that I am able to seek You only because You sought me first.  May I not seek after things of this world, but rather those things that are "other-worldly." 

          As F.B. Meyer writes, "I bring to You, O Lord, my desires, and pray that You will cleanse them by the searching fires of Your pure Spirit, that I may desire only those things which You have chosen and prepared for me."  Amen and amen!