Behold it was corrupt

“And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.”

 

Psalms 12:1
Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.  Everyone utters lies to his neighbor; with flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

Psalms 6:4
Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

Psalms 54:1
O God, save me by your name, and vindicate me by your might.

Proverbs 20:6
Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?

Genesis 6:12
And God saw the earth, and behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

Isaiah 1:9
If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.

Matthew 24:12
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.

Isaiah 59:4
No one enters suit justly; no one goes to law honestly; they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies, they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Job 22
They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

At times we feel alone and like the only one who is in need of God, who trusts Him, who calls out to Him.  We don’t hear many speak of the fact that they call out to God in their distress/trouble/issues.  What we do hear is how they have reached out to everyone or anything but God in search of help.  What would our lives look like if we continually reached out to God first and then patiently waited for Him.  Would we speak of how we cried out to Him?  Would others be encouraged to seek God?  Would we find our path and issue more of a blessing than a curse?  I am thankful for how David calls out to God and that God’s word tells us what others think and do apart from Him.  They do not think God exists, or if He does He does not have any control, power, or strength over the situation.  We can be the one that proclaims His love, mercy and grace to a lost world, but first we must believe it, grow in it, and obey it.

Times of Despair

“For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.”

Psalms 6:3

My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD—how long? Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love

Psalms 22:14
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;

Psalms 31:9-10
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.

Psalms 38:8
I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

Proverbs 18:14
A man’s spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

Psalms 42:11
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God

Psalms 116:4
Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, I pray, deliver my soul!

Isaiah 38:17
Behold, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but in love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

“A man’s spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?” It is true.  Pain caused by sickness or accident we can get on the other side most of the time.  But it is that crushed spirit, broken heart, and deep heart hurt that seems unbearable and more than we can handle.  Some of this comes from consequences of our actions or others but none of it is hid from God.  He knows our heart and all the times we are in deep pain, despair. No one will say take me to the place of deep hurt and despair.  Yet we all seem to find ourselves there at different times of our lives.  I wish I could say there was a magic prayer or something we could do to keep this from happening but it will surely find us at some point. You can read it in scripture from David and how he communicated in word the anguish in his heart.  I do know that God is near us through times of blessing and despair.  He hears our prayers.  He is our strength in times of trouble.  And when we seem unable to carry on He picks us up and holds us in His loving arms.  Do not turn away from God in these times – RUN TO HIM – His arms are wide open just for you.