Show up | Psalm 9
Have you ever prayed silently that God would just show up all to see and never doubt? Ever asked, “Why can’t God just leave no mistake about his justice and presence in a world gone wild?” Where is he at? David asked this question too.
He, in hair-pulling frustration, wanted to know why God didn’t show up and wrap up all the problems and injustice taking place on a daily basis. David highlights the denial of those who engage such wickedness. They have removed God from their minds. They’ve talked themselves into believing he’s won’t find out—“God who?” they feign. “God is in none of his thoughts” bemoans David.
So why not show up and set them straight?
We could look at the person who lives in the shadows of reality and scoff at his foolishness for not recognizing. We could chide him for refusing to see what we plainly see. Or we could take away a valuable lesson from David’s insight into the human condition. Let’s do that.
Keep God on your mind. Do not push him aside or let him slip away. If we can see where people go when they don’t believe God is there then we should invite the discipline of bringing him into our thoughts constantly. As David will say in a later Psalm, “I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure” (Psalm 16:8).
God may not show up on a grand-scale and in the manner we sometimes wish he would, but he can show up in our thoughts and lives whenever we focus on him.
He, in hair-pulling frustration, wanted to know why God didn’t show up and wrap up all the problems and injustice taking place on a daily basis. David highlights the denial of those who engage such wickedness. They have removed God from their minds. They’ve talked themselves into believing he’s won’t find out—“God who?” they feign. “God is in none of his thoughts” bemoans David.
So why not show up and set them straight?
We could look at the person who lives in the shadows of reality and scoff at his foolishness for not recognizing. We could chide him for refusing to see what we plainly see. Or we could take away a valuable lesson from David’s insight into the human condition. Let’s do that.
Keep God on your mind. Do not push him aside or let him slip away. If we can see where people go when they don’t believe God is there then we should invite the discipline of bringing him into our thoughts constantly. As David will say in a later Psalm, “I keep the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure” (Psalm 16:8).
God may not show up on a grand-scale and in the manner we sometimes wish he would, but he can show up in our thoughts and lives whenever we focus on him.
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