The 3rd verse of Psalm 11 asks this
question and the question is as relevant today to us as it was to David when he
wrote it so many years ago.
The foundations of America are crumbling, especially the
Christian foundations we were founded upon. The Ten Commandments are gone from
public institutions, prayer is removed from our schools, abortion made legal, and
same sex marriage has removed God’s concept of family from our culture. Drugs,
alcoholism, gambling, pornography are just a few of the vices that Americans
spend much of their free time with. Violence? 5 people shot in St. Louis yesterday
and multiple shootings are getting commonplace. The foundations of America are
crumbling.
David knew the answer; he states it in verse 1 saying, “In
the LORD I take refuge…”
But clearly he struggled as we do.
Psalm 11:2-3 “…for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart; if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?"
The answer does not lie in us, but in God.
Psalm 11:4-6 “The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD's throne is in heaven; his eyes see, his eyelids test, the children of man. The LORD tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence. Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.”
This is Biblical truth. God sees. Judgment will come. When God
destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah it was a picture of the day of wrath to come. To
those who persist in their evil ways fire will consume them.
But what can the righteous do?
The answer comes in the final verse.
Psalm 11:7 “For the LORD is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.”
God is righteous and he loves righteous deeds. Behold His face. Do righteous deeds until
Jesus returns. It’s that simple.
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