Psalm 10
The ancients were not immune to the age old
questions of, "why are bad things happening to good people if God is
just?" and "why are good things happening to bad people if God is
just?" concluding, "is God even good?" or "does God even
exist?"
The wicked do not wrestle with the reality
of God. They don't spend time contemplating His goodness or His justice. They
boldly live in confidence that He is not real and that they have nothing to
fear. They simply flex their indifference to their advantage and see it panning
out time after time for their benefit. When the Pharisees wanted the praise of
men, they got it. They received the reward they wanted. So it is here with the
wicked.
The psalmist here reminds himself that
God's patience should not be mistaken as weakness or indifference. While the
wick may take a while to burn, rest assured there is a stick of dynamite
waiting at the end of it. The saying goes that a watched pot never boils. Do
not get such tunnel vision as to stare at the spark and forget to see down the
line the stack of explosives that are waiting. Run it out and you will see the
end of the wicked.
A Day is coming and is nearer with each
passing day when the wicked will no longer be able to comfort themselves with
thoughts of God being a myth. That same Day will provide the oppressed and
fatherless with vindication and they will no longer be waiting patiently, but
celebrating enthusiastically. Faith will become sight and the oppressed will be
victorious.
This is such a great insight! "God's patience should not be mistaken as weakness or indifference," and it is only shortsightedness that allows us to think it is so.
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