Psalm 11
The primary thing we see here is the
struggle between watching the world go to hell in a hand basket while remaining people who have optimistic hope in the God of their crumbling world. The
temptation is to say, "What's the use?" I can relate to this
sentiment. Sometimes it seems like no one cares. It seems helpless and hopeless
to wish for anything different. David's response is to focus on God above
rather than trouble below. He doesn't pretend things aren't bad or try to
downplay or undersell the difficulties of living in a world that is struggling
to free itself from its leash. He doesn't act like things aren't so bad. He
doesn't find the good in things. He finds the good in God. His hope is there.
His confidence is not that everything has some good in it, but that nothing
good can come without God.
I can relate to this, too, and it's comforting to have David's example.
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