- The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. – Psalm 14:1 – Within this psalm we see David highlighting the depravity of many in his day. There were so many around him that boldly proclaimed there was no God. They had completely turned aside from anything holy, they committed abominably corrupt deeds, and they refused to seek after the Lord. From their core they made it clear they rejected the Lord. Now we too can find such people in our day. Maybe it’s a celebrity, or maybe it’s a family member, but through their actions and words they have made it clear they believe there is no God. We though would never say such a phrase as, “There is no God,”…right? True, with our mouth such words may never come from us, but look at where the psalmist said the fool speaks such words from? His heart. While our words may never reject the Lord, when we live in sin and in opposition to His word, we too are saying in our heart, “There is no God.” Our embracing of sinful things is our rejection of holy things. Let our whole self, from mind, mouth, and heart, all voice the truth that there is a God. Live in such a way that says you believe in the Lord. Reject sin like you believe Jesus died to forgive it. Follow God’s word like you believe it’s His words to you. For we can say, “Lord, Lord” but come to the end of our life and still have never given our life to Jesus. Let the actions you take and the words you say all boldly proclaim to this lost world that there is a God, and His name is Jesus. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2969
- There they are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous. Psalms 14:5 – The boldness and confidence of those that say, “There is no God” gets put to the test when the God they say doesn’t exist shows up. In our walk we are going to encounter people very much like this, that refuse to believe in God and make it their aim to live as opposite as possible to the ways of God. Our responsibility is not to condemn them or fight them, but to show them God’s love and live an amazing witness in front of them. Trust God is working in the ways only He can and remember what our role is too. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 775
- Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord? Psalm 14:4 – Imagine a person who knows nothing of the dangers of a forest. They’ve never heard of a bear or a wolf or a mountain lion. So at night they could stroll into the dark woods without any hesitation because of their lack of knowledge of what’s out there. Here the psalmist asks if the evildoers of his day have knowledge? Do they have knowledge of what sin is, the consequences of their actions, or even of who God is and His hatred of those sins. Do they know those things? If we saw someone strolling into a dark forest we’d hopefully stop them to make sure they were aware of the dangers and hopefully we are doing that with the sins in the lives of those around us. Our role is to open the eyes of others to the pain sin brings and the life they can have in Jesus instead. Today, what is one way you can help someone have the knowledge they need to live with Jesus? I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1731
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