In Due Time

Psalm 12-14

Three different psalms... three different beginnings... one God.

Help, O Lord, for the godly are fast disappearing! -- When the oppressed cry out, one God is there to hear their cries and preserve them from this wicked generation. Whether it is the orphans in Haiti who cannot get relief because of the machinations of a global "compassion" organization or the elderly widow who is cheated by her children, God sees that they are "speaking with flattering lips and deceitful hearts." He is not fooled. God knows... just as surely as the sun rises in the east that the wicked are deceitful and he will judge... in due time.

O Lord, how long will you forget me? -- When the lonely, the down-hearted, the one in the midst of the darkness of the soul cries out to God that he would "restore the sparkle to my eyes, or I will die," God hears... he hears through the loving compassionate ears of a mother to her child, wanting only to bring them to her in loving embrace... in due time.

Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” -- The earth is populated by fools. As nations gain worldly knowledge, wealth and success... they seem to get a free dose of foolishness to go with it and in their greed cannot turn away from anything free. How long will the foolish shake their fist at the creator and proclaim their greatness? How long will they turn away from God in disobedience? Don't they know that "God is with those who obey him... [that] the Lord will protect his people." God saves... he longs to give all good gifts, he desires that none should perish... in due time.