Psalm 52 – Trust God

Read Psalm 52

So many of our psalms could be titled “Trust God”, and that’s okay because it’s a good message to remind us often who is in charge. The object of today’s psalm, as the note suggests, is Doeg, and he was an evil person who had betrayed David and killed priests.  The fact that David wrote about him specifically signifies to me that he truly struggled with this event.

Picture, if you will and remember this is my own imagination, Doeg singing his own praises, feeling great with his accomplishments.  David, being a man of God, knew of Doeg’s doom and while Doeg was bragging, David was writing a warning, if not to Doeg directly, to us as a reminder or perhaps assurance or consolation to himself.  David ends the psalm focusing on his own strength and reason for that strength, trust in God.

How often we lament the successes of evil doers around us, wondering how they could have gotten to where they are with such an evil heart. Do we react like David?  Do we sit back and turn our eyes?  What is the proper response?  Should we let evil be and stay away?

There is no denying it.  We are surrounded by evil.  Really bad stuff.  But listen to the words of the psalm, “God’s unfailing love”.  God never fails.  So long as we trust him in that love, that protection, evil may come knocking, but we are safe.  While we may perish from this world one day, we have eternity to cling to.  A future with God cannot be taken away from us by anyone. Now that’s enough for me to trust God, how about you?

Let’s pray.  Lord, help me not to fear evil.  May I trust you with my whole heart and mind and not waver.  You are my God, and I am your child.  Draw me closer to you as evil surrounds.  Strengthen me to help others find refuge in you  as well.  Give me the words to say and the opportunities to say them.  Thank you for loving me even continuously, wildly, and without fail.  In Jesus’ name.  Amen.