February 12 - Psalm 36:10

February 12 - Psalm 36:10

“O continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your salvation to the upright of heart!”

David emphasizes the great chasm between the goodness of God and the sinfulness of the wicked in this Psalm.  The difference between the two is clearly shown to be … love.

The wicked don’t fear God, they flatter themselves, they don’t hate sin, they cease to be wise and even when sleeping are plotting evil.  Psalm 36:1-4 describes this sinfulness.

On the other hand, the Lord’s love reaches down from the heavens.  “How priceless is your unfailing love.” (Ps. 36:7a)

All mankind finds refuge in the shadow of His wings and feast on the abundance of his house.  In the Lord is the fountain of life. (Psalm 36:5-9)

This love is unlike anything mankind knows.  We know and understand evil – we encounter it every day.  Sometimes we are still stunned by the incredible power that it can hold over man, but it is that which humanity has made its own, giving it many forms.

God’s love is eternal, it is greater than anything we can conceive and more powerful than anything we can imagine.  It is so far beyond our capacity for love that we find it difficult to believe it really exists.  God’s love is steadfast and His love brings salvation.

This love will rebuke evil and bring freedom to the oppressed.  Nothing that mankind can do alone will set evil aside – only through releasing God’s love will we ever live in a world free from evil.  We can’t do it alone.