A couple of weeks ago my family celebrated a friend's birthday with grilled steaks. I fired up my pellet grill, and the smoky aroma filled the driveway. It was wonderful. After cooking I noticed that everything looked misty and dirty. For a second I thought the sun had gone down. Instead, the smoke from my grill had covered my glasses with grease. I could hardly see.
There are times we look at our current world and see how wicked people prosper and seem to be in control of everything. Our spiritual eyes become so clouded that we become despondent and hopeless. We begin to think that wickedness will win and those who choose to obey God will not.
In Psalm 12, David reminds us that our hope is in God. We have His word. And as we meditate on it, He will cleanse our glasses so that we may see Him more clearly. We will see His promises and have the perseverance to hold on until better days come. He is faithful. Our faith will grow and we will and trust Him to bring the ultimate victory. No matter how dark this world and your circumstances may seem, His light and life is ever shining. Trust Him!
Pastor Phillip
