Psalm 119:136

Psalm 119:136

Streams of tears

In verse 53 of the Psalm we read that “Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken Your law.” Now, the author goes further, in very dramatic style, as he claims that “streams of tears flow from his eyes.” As he looks around, he sees the law of God being rejected and openly defied, on every side. Men and women are living as if God does not exist, they are making their own laws, the foundation on which their society is built has been destroyed and people are living as they please. The sacred rules that established Israel as a nation, and the Scriptures that supported and guided their ancestors, have been cast aside and everywhere there is chaos, the pursuit of evil and flagrant rebellion against the ways and the Name of God. Remind you of anywhere?

That similar conditions exists in our land and our world today is beyond doubt, but what about our reactions? As true followers of Jesus, as those who believe in the living God and who seek to serve Him, do we get emotional at the moral and religious state of our nation or our world? When did we last sob with sorrow and regret at what has happened to the Name of our God and the moral laws that He established for His created beings? I confess that I have become hardened to the sin around me and realise that it is time to have a fresh awareness of the heart of God for the people He created in His image. 

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