# 51 2018. Dev. Ps. 52: God’s unfailing love! Read all of Ps. 52. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw Gremar and I closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 52:8 “But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.”
Ps. 52 is a song and a prayer of condemnation on the one hand and a praise song and prayer on the the other. It is closely related to the first Psalm of this series, Ps 49- 53. Verses 1-7 is a condemnation in the first person. V. 1. David addresses Doeg directly or is it King Saul he is addressing; they add up the same; “you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God.” The statements are formulated as a question, demanding why? Vs. 2-4 without a legitimate answer, David shows him his failures: “you love evil, you love every harmful word.” He had plotted against David by giving Saul his location. In vs.5-7 David tells him what God will do to him, repeating it three times for emphasis. The righteous will learn from your downfall because you trusted in your own strength and wealth.
Vs. 8-9 David draws a comparison between good and evil. Those who trust in their own efforts, who trust in their own words, wealth and strength do not recognize the evil they do. David’s world and life view: “I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.” In contrast of life styles; “But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of the God.” He is alive and useful in the presence of God. David praises God among his people and even under the opposition of Saul he puts his hope in God for He is good!
During the Christmas season the contrast cannot be more radical: we celebrate the birth of a baby, weak, dependent, unwanted by many. “When I am weak I am strong” Paul says. Then there are those striving for more things, for gifts, for more power and for more status. This is the contrast we live in among those who reject God. Along with David may we also trust God for our strength and may God empower us with his Spirit to live that contrast as a witness to God’s goodness to all who come in contact with us! Praise Him!
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