Psalm 37:20

Psalm 37:20

The wicked will perish

Isaiah 40:6-8 takes this verse one step further. Isaiah cries out to the Lord for a word to bring to the people and this is that word; “All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fail, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” We are all finite creatures; our mortality haunts us all through our time on this planet as loved ones and family slowly slip off the conveyor belt of life. Sure enough, as the years go by, we all began to feel our own mortality, for the bodies we inhabit begin to show signs of decay. This all sound a bit morbid doesn’t it? Well it should not, for we who know the Lord have been promised new bodies, we are already new creations through Jesus Christ. Not so the wicked. The wicked will be consumed, they will go up in smoke. This is not easy reading, but it should remind us that time is short, that there are people in our families and amongst our friends who are in gravedanger. The wicked is not a phrase reserved for those who are in prison or who commit crimes that are particularly frowned on by society. The wicked are those who reject God, who live their lives in complete ignorance of Him or rebellion against Him. Their words and actions may not be much different to our own, but their situation is precarious because they will not bow down and surrender to their Creator who loves them. That is the greatest wickedness of all.  

 

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