# 21. 2018 Dev. Ps.36:5. God’s Love!! Read all of Ps. 36. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 36: 5 “Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens,
your faithfulness to the skies.”
Ps. 36 lays out a radical opposition and contradiction of what the world believes. David sets up an extreme contrast of evil and good; what he is talking about is the influence of Satan on society and God’s plan for creation.
Evil and Satan is something most people do not want to talk about; many people do not believe in the spiritual being of Satan, yet do believe there is evil in the world. Whether you believe in Jesus or do not believe, how do we come to grips with evil that confronts us daily and how do we keep it out of our lives? I realize that some Christians feel that they are isolated from evil and Its influence but that does not reflect the reality of life on earth. There is good reason Jesus taught us to pray: “And forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.13 And lead us not into temptation,[a] but deliver us from the evil one” (Mt. 6:12-14).
How then do we deal with evil? The Old Testament and the New Testament has the same answer: Know God! Knowing God is much more than knowing about God; the power of God’s love in Christ must be rooted deep in our hearts and control our lives. David’s prayer: “How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.”
Paul prays in Eph. 3:18 that we “may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ”. The power of the Holy Spirit must move from our heads into our hearts, into our inner being, driving our faith and our lives as followers of Jesus.
The line between good and evil is very thin, there is no space in between, it’s either good or bad but that is not always obvious. Unbelievers also do good things but only what is done in the name of Christ will last into eternity. The difference is that we are forgiven sinners because we believe in God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Along with David we pray: “with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.” Amen! Today we are blessed with the light of His Word.
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