# 28 2017 Dev. Ps.14:1a. “There is no one who does good”! Read all of Ps.14. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God by memorizing selected passages of Scripture. Further, to view the passage in context and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living with family, friends and others. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 14:1a
The fool[a] says in his heart, “There is no God.”
Ps. 14 is the last prayer of this section of Psalms started at Ps. 3. The psalmist has suffered at the hands of godless men. Here the unrighteous are described in vivid terms: their actions, their lack of understanding, their refusal to seek God, and they do not know or do good works.
We see and we hear about the unrighteous today, their evil actions have risen to an unbelievable level destroying whole cities and decimating people groups. Let us call evil what it is, they are controlled by Satan; they love death because they are confronted with life! How? As the Psalmist tells us: “There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous” and “the Lord is their refuge.”
The Psalmist ends his prayer with hope; v. 7a “Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!” That is a reality for believers today and salvation in Christ reaches back to David and others.
We return to the title of this devotion. Does anyone do good? Yes! By the power of the Holy Spirit and by work done in Jesus’ name, that work is everlasting and become the building blocks for the Kingdom of God now and for the New Heaven and the New Earth. Praise be to God!
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