Getting Our Minds Right

Psalm 12

The wicked prowl on every side,

And vileness is exalted among the sons of men. —Psalm 12:8

“Vileness (debased character) is exalted"—a fair description of the current scene. I think of the cultural and social icons we exalt and emulate.

I've mentioned before that Lord Acton's axiom, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely," does not refer to those in power, but to those enamored of power. When I stand in awe of the powerful, I give the ideas that debase them the power to debase me (12:2). 

But I have this assurance: 

The words of the LORD are pure words, 

like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, 

purified seven times.

You, O LORD, will keep them;

you will guard us from this generation forever (Psalm 12:6,7).

God will guard his word from corruption and me from the evil in me that makes me so easily corrupted (12:7,8). How? By serving up for my consumption his "pure" words every day.

David Roper

11.4.19