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Wednesday... But is He really real?


Psalm 10:17 (NLT), "LORD, you know the hopes of the hopeless, Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them." 

Wednesday... But is He really real?

We do have so many questions. When we stop and look around at what we see we can question what is really real?


Yes, when we see what is happening in our world we may wonder if God is really real and that is understandable.

Now David in writing Psalm 10 (NLT) started by saying in verse 1, "O LORD, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble?" And some would ask, is He really real?

Yes, we live in a disturbing time, don't we? And David is honest in what we could think. Verses 4-5 says, "The wicked are too proud to seek God. They seem to think that God is dead. Yet they succeed in everything they do." And because of that "They do not see your punishment awaiting them. They sneer at all their enemies." And yes they think that God isn't really real. 

Yes, God lets us lament and wonder but we then need to come back to the truth no matter what is happening around us. David writes about God in verse 14, "But you see the trouble and grief they cause, You take note and punish them. The helpless put their trust in you. You defend the orphans."

David goes on in verses 17-18, "LORD, you know the hopes of the hopeless, Surely you will hear hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so mere people can no longer terrify them."

And there is a very important word in those verses. The word is, surely, surely, surely. And that comes from our knowing and believing that God really is real. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 

   



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