Psalms 73:18 (KJV) Special FX

Psalms 73:18 (KJV)
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

The other day I saw a little video designed to demonstrate the power of editing work.[1] It had a child, maybe 3 or 4 climbing on the edge of baby bed rail. We’ve all seen children do it. But in an instant the scene changed and that baby had climbed precariously out on the edge of a skyscraper. The next scene had a child playing in a park feature shaped like a boat and in the next instant the boat was in storm tossed seas. Over and over the child was shown first playing as any child would and instantly the scene was transfigured into a terrifying moment.

I think that fairly represents how the Psalmist pictured the ungodly of this world. They appear to be lifted up to high and lofty places. They seem to be prosperous and successful. Both the ungodly and, very often, the believer see them as having outdone the world. But when the Psalmist put on the perspective of God’s Word he saw an entirely different picture.

Though the devil has edited the lives of the ungodly to make them appear

• Happy and 
• Successful and 
• Prosperous 

they are, in reality, playing on slippery ground. Below them looms destruction, death and despair. They have climbed the ladder of worldliness but God has allowed them there for their fall.

The tricks and tactics of the world the flesh and the devil may make it look as if the ungodly are winning in this world but it is only a parlor trick. Christians must wear the lenses of the Word of God to see truth as truth truly is.

[1] View the video here.

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Psalms 73:18 (KJV) Special FX

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