April 3, 2024

Passage Read: Psalm 11-14
Meditation Verses: 14:2-3

Thought

This is a pretty terrible indictment against all mankind. Though in this Psalm, there is mention of the Lord's people and the righteous generation, Paul uses these verses to establish the fact that there is no one righteous, no one who seeks God; all have turned away, all have sinned. It's worth evaluating: Do I truly seek God? Do I understand that He alone is worth seeking? Have I turned aside after other things and so become corrupt, so that all my righteous deeds are filthy rags? Have I trusted in the righteousness of Christ gifted to me and then turned aside after other things?

Application

There is only one thing in this life worth pursuing, worth studying, worth training to emulate, and it is Christ. I may have to work to provide food and clothing, but I don't need as much as I think, and in fact God has promised to provide those things if I seek first His kingdom and righteousness. If He is the one who consumes my thoughts, if His ways and His kingdom are what I hunger to know and understand, then all I need will be provided for. And if I must pass this life in poverty and homelessness, I am promised greatness and a permanent home in God's kingdom. It is worth forsaking the treasures of this world to spend my life seeking to understand God and do His will.