Pride

Psalm 10:4,6,11,13

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.  He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.   He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten he hides his face; he will never see it.   Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.  (KJV)

As I read this psalm I picture that it is a psalm that David could have written when he did not feel God’s presence in his life.  During the years he spent running and hiding from Saul he was considered an enemy of the state.  David could not understand how God could hide himself to the wickedness that was going around him.  The wicked had forsaken the ways of the Lord and boastfully sought the fulfilling of the desires of their heart, while at the same time destroying others.  Like Satan they set themselves as gods to rule over and take whatever they desire without any fear of God ever punishing them for their evil ways.  This psalm ends with the request to God to judge the wicked until thou find none.

Here we are given the view that the wicked person has about God.  However, we need to look closely at these verses to see if this is also a way that we view the nature of God in our own life. Do we awake in the morning with the desire to seek after God and have his hand directing our daily activities in a manner that would be pleasing to Him; or do we start the morning seeking our own desires with no thought of seeking God’s presence in our daily activities.  This type of believer is pictured as a believer in the church of Laodicea one who is lukewarm and is neither cold nor hot, one that rest is his or her own abilities to reach the goals of their life without the need of anything from the Lord.  

As I look at verse one of this psalm, I ask myself why does it seem that God sometimes hides himself from us in times of trouble?  Could it be that we are so concerned about my will being done in my life and the events surrounding the world around me, instead of being concern about God’s will being done in my life as I surrender my will to God.  So, do I wake up in the morning and realize that God knows my works and my thoughts and that I will chose to walk in his way, or will I be like the wicked or lukewarm believer and start my day off not really needing God in my life and believing that God has forgotten and hide his face and will never watches my daily actions?