Psalms 53:2 KJV
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
This Psalm bears an ominous message (one so important to hear that it is found twice here and Psalm 14, as well as being expanded upon in Romans 3). That God Himself could find "none that doeth good" or "that seek God" bodes poorly on the state of mankind.
We are not a generally good people with a few exceptions.
We are not even a generally bad people with a few exceptions.
We are a wholly wicked people with no exceptions
Oh how we need grace!
However, the thought that struck me this, that "God look[s] down from heaven upon the children of men."
That God cares
That God knows what we do
That God has any interest
That God condescends toward us
Is a matter of absolute amazement? Any man or woman would be wise to reflect upon this. God is so high above us; His interests are so vast and so beyond us that thought like these drove the Psalmist to say "what is man that thou art mindful of him?"
But He is mindful of us. And that ought to sound a signal in us to be alike mindful of Him.
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
This Psalm bears an ominous message (one so important to hear that it is found twice here and Psalm 14, as well as being expanded upon in Romans 3). That God Himself could find "none that doeth good" or "that seek God" bodes poorly on the state of mankind.
We are not a generally good people with a few exceptions.
We are not even a generally bad people with a few exceptions.
We are a wholly wicked people with no exceptions
Oh how we need grace!
However, the thought that struck me this, that "God look[s] down from heaven upon the children of men."
That God cares
That God knows what we do
That God has any interest
That God condescends toward us
Is a matter of absolute amazement? Any man or woman would be wise to reflect upon this. God is so high above us; His interests are so vast and so beyond us that thought like these drove the Psalmist to say "what is man that thou art mindful of him?"
But He is mindful of us. And that ought to sound a signal in us to be alike mindful of Him.
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