Psalm 12-13

David describes a world where people continually lie. Where their loyalties are divided. Where they flatter and where they boast. And it’s still true today! What is vile is exalted and the wicked still prowl on every side.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 (WEB) “But know this: that in the last days, grievous times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good, traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding a form of godliness but having denied its power. Turn away from these, also.”

In such a world, we need to cry out to God. Lifting our burdens to God gets the poison out. If we allow our feelings to fester and we nurse our hurts and resentments, bitterness and anger take over our souls. But if we call out to God with our doubts and fears and cares and woes, we end up releasing them. Just the act of reaching out to Him reminds us that He is in charge and that He has helped us in the past. When we do that, it enables us to praise and rejoice in Him again.

Thought for the day: What can we cling to in this world? Who can we turn to? Who can we trust? Who can we depend on? God! He promises to hear, to save, to protect and to preserve. We can be sure that He will because His promises are perfect and true!

Psalm 19:7 (WEB) “Yahweh’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.”