1Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endures continually.
The goodness of God endures continually.
Why indeed? But I see
it every day in so many ways. The TV
show, the movie, the news, the President, the Congress, other nations, the
economy, other religions, family members, Christians, and in myself. All it takes is a little ego and pride fuels
the responses. I heard a pastor preach
one time that man will do anything to support his ego. When a little pride or a little comfort can
boost that confidence man brags on the results of his own evil.
It is important to notice the contrast here between a man who boast in his own evil and David who kept his sin in secret. This is a difference between a child of God and a child of the devil. A child of devil boasts about his sins and flaunts them in everyone’s face. A child of God is under deep conviction and hides his sin.
But it’s all fools gold. Solomon recognized this and wrote extensively about it. Vanity he called it and it’s worthless. Our hypocrisy has no boundaries. We do a little evil to support ourselves and then when it doesn’t have immediate severe consequences we boast in it. David mocks this part of us by calling us “mighty man”. Who are we in the light of God? Do we not know that “God endures continually”? Who indeed?
It is important to notice the contrast here between a man who boast in his own evil and David who kept his sin in secret. This is a difference between a child of God and a child of the devil. A child of devil boasts about his sins and flaunts them in everyone’s face. A child of God is under deep conviction and hides his sin.
But it’s all fools gold. Solomon recognized this and wrote extensively about it. Vanity he called it and it’s worthless. Our hypocrisy has no boundaries. We do a little evil to support ourselves and then when it doesn’t have immediate severe consequences we boast in it. David mocks this part of us by calling us “mighty man”. Who are we in the light of God? Do we not know that “God endures continually”? Who indeed?
The pastor Alistair Begg has a wonderful radio message referring to the names of God. You can find it HERE. After listening to the significance of the names of God and getting a good reference and understanding of Who God is again, it is so easy to see how David can ask the question, "Why do yo boast in evil, O might man?" and what folly that is.
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