Psalm14:2-3    
There's One!
       David now takes the viewing position of the Lord as He looks down from heaven on all mankind.  What is His conclusion as He views the activities of those who were made to be the peak of His creation?  It isn’t good! Just as it was in the days of Noah, there is nothing and no one who pleases Him.  King David was obviously at a low point in Israel’s spiritual journey, surrounded by pagan tribes and nations, he realises that he lives amongst an ungodly people. He can only see wickedness and evil at large; where are the men and women who seek after God and who truly understand what relationship with Him means? Elijah had a similar experience when he cried to the Lord, “The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left and now they are trying to kill me too.” 1 Kings 19:10. 
Maybe you and I can identify with these men. There are times when we tear our hair out in exasperation at the lethargy hanging over the church of Jesus Christ, people seem to be content with an average Christianity. Where are the men and women of prayer, of power and of passion for the Lord? It is easy to believe that “All have turned away, all have become corrupt, there is no one who does good, not even one.” This is not just a cry from Old Testament saints, it is echoed by the apostle Paul as he quotes from this Psalm in Romans 3:10 to illustrate the dire condition of mankind.  Such is the influential control that Satan has of this planet. But we have something that Noah, David and Elijah did not have, the gift of righteousness through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ! I trust that the Lord can look down from heaven today and see you or me and cry, “There’s one!” 

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