But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever. Psalm 52:8 – We learn from the header that this was a psalm written concerning the events of David, Doeg, and King Saul. While on the run from King Saul David visited a priest, and a man named Doeg reported this to Saul. On the king’s command, Doeg also murdered 85 unarmed priests and went on after that to murder the whole city of those priests. Doeg was an evil man, and this psalm is David comforting himself knowing the Lord will handle such evil. God will break him, God will uproot him, and God will make a laughingstock out of him. In verse 8 though David compares himself to Doeg and sees the stark contrast. While Doeg would be uprooted, David would be planted in the house of God. While Doeg would be broken down, David would be a long-lasting tree nourished constantly due to being planted in such a place of blessing. All this though doesn’t dismiss the reality of what Doeg did. Doeg still comprised David’s security and he did murder all those people. His evil still happened and evil is still taking place today even as we read this psalm together. Where our comfort comes from in all this remembering where the righteous are planted. We are planted in God’s house with God’s blessing nourishing us for eternity. Yes, we’ll still see evil and we’ll likely even feel evil’s work around us. We though serve a God who deals with evil doers like Doeg and blesses those who follow Him like David. Remain faithful and remember where you’re planted, near your Savior in His house. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3007
Question To Ponder: Why is it good that we are planted inside God’s house?
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