Honesty and Your Response....

You’ve heard me talk about God’s goodness and love numerous times, but if you take the time to actually read the Bible and pray to the God of this book, you’ll come to realize He is so much more than anyone (good or bad) has ever described Him to be. You hear the non-believers and the haters constantly talk about how tyrannical and controlling God is. You hear them misquote a verse in scripture to help portray God as unkind and unloving. You’ll even hear people speak blasphemous language contradicting the true character of God. Here is Psalm 56 we read of David’s distress. We hear him cry out to God for rescue. We see the ultimate trust he has in God. And most importantly, we see that David truly knows God intimately. We see David acknowledge God’s compassion and mercy. Just reading this passage makes me wonder what a God-hater would say if I read Him this passage and asked what they thought it meant. I’d love to hear their answer. It would probably be a distorted and twisted view that makes God look bad. It would have to be something derogatory because by admitting the truth, they would have to admit their sin and come clean. It’s for that reason why people stay away from God and deny Him. If they were honest in their response to this passage, they would have to admit that the God David is addressing in this passage is loving, compassionate, and wanting to help not hurt.

8 You keep track of all my sorrows.You have collected all my tears in Your bottle.You have recorded each one in Your book. 9 My enemies will retreat when I call to You for help.This I know: God is on my side! Psalms 56:8-9