LORD, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth ! (Psalm 8:1)
The pig food above stands for all the slop that permeates our world.
And since we live in a fallen world, it’s easy to see many things that fall short. Some may be quite trivial, but others are life-threatening —King David faced many threats to his life, and even resorted to hiding in caves.
But in Psalm 8 David does something very curious. As David praised, he overlooked the slop. His enemies were actively, and viciously plotting against him. Yet throughout this entire Psalm he proclaimed God’s majesty.
Does this mean that David lived in a la-la state of denial, pretending the slop of evil and sin did not exist? No, in Psalm 11 David does mention the slop. He asks questions like, “When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (verse 3) However, even while being acutely aware of the slop, David’s overarching theme is:
“In the Lord I take refuge” (Psalm11:1a) despite the mishaps and slop.
For us today: do we agree that God is majestic in all the earth, despite things going on that appear to contradict that truth? If yes, then we are starting to see what it means to walk by faith:
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:)
For we live by faith, not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7)
In context, both verses say we should have a hope of eternity in our lives. We look forward to the time when God removes all the slop. Then, we shall see all we hoped for. In the meantime, we trust, knowing how God’s in control even when we can’t see it.
Are we able, like David, to spend times in unadulterated praise? As the song 1says, “Let’s for – get about our – selves And magnify the Lord and worship Him”.
- https://www.jamesarthurreed.org/public/chord-sheets/We%20Have%20Come%20Into%20His%20House.pdf
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