Create in Me a Clean Heart: The 40-Day Challenge (Psalms)Sample

In His Pride the Wicked Man Does Not Seek Him

Psalm 10

Are we troubled by the direction this world is going?

Listening to the news these days is a painful experience.

Watching how people of all ages, genders, and races are being oppressed… it’s enough for all of us to sit down together and say: “God, where are you?”

How to live with joy when all this is happening right before our eyes - and it’s happening more and more?

David also asked himself in Psalm 10: “Why, O Lord, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?” In his prayer, he lists five signs of the wicked: they are proud (verses 2-4,6), their mouths are full of malice and slander (verses 3,7), they are greedy (verses 3,9), they are violent (verses 8-10), and they are ungodly (verses 4,11). There is a battle within them about the existence of God, and a suppression of the truth. In their heart and mind they have to constantly tell themselves that God does not exist.

Let’s do what David did - come to God in prayer.

It is hard to pray when the wicked prosper, it is hard to pray when God seems far away, but we live by faith, not by feelings.

God was with David when he wrote this psalm, and God is with us right now, not far away.

Jesus sees everything. He endured the cross, and triumphed over evil.

And so, if we are disturbed by the direction in which this world is going, let us realize - this world is not our home. We’re just passing through!

Let’s strengthen our hearts. Let’s be brave!