Friday, February 22, 2008
PSALM Familiar Reminder...PSALM 'Good Thing' To Do...

Psalm 53 is a unique psalm because it is actually identical to psalm 14 in terms of meaning. Since psalm 53 was a replica of psalm 14, I decided to read up psalm14 again. Other than a few different usages of words, I derive that the meaning of both psalms were the same.

In my mind, I thought ‘Psalm 53 wasn’t there by mistake; God arranged it to be there for a reason.’ So what was the message that I got out of psalm 53 then? A consistent and familiar reminder: The need for us to have total reliance on God. The message was brought out clear in both psalm 14 and 53 that God has not found any man who does good, any who understand, any who truly seek Him.

Now why did I say it was a reminder for all of us to fully rely on God then? Know that by our nature, we can never be the person that God wants us to be. We can be seeking God, doing our quiet time today and even be holy for that day yet we can also become a different person another day, doing sinful things and just as the bible says, doing nothing good.

Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. We can only be the person that God desires us to be through Jesus. I feel that salvation doesn’t end at the point where you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. In fact, I feel that it is the beginning of a journey, of following what Jesus would do and indeed by doing so, we are not only saved, but we also save others in the process. I sense that this is the good thing that God is referring to me in psalm 53 today.

It all leads back to the Father’s heart…that none should perish. Indeed I pray that we will do the ‘good thing’ God wants us to do and that everyday, God’s people would say ‘salvation is here!’

Labels: Devotion, PSALM devotions