“Men will always disappoint you. Try Jesus.”— Carolyn
“Many are asking, ‘Who can show us any good?’ Let the light of your face shine upon us, 0 LORD” —Psalm 4:6
There’s a cosmic lack of confidence in our leaders these days, the tragic aftermath of a season of bad behavior by those we elected to serve. Is there someone among the new-comers “who can show us any good”?
David provides the inspired answer: "Let the light of your face shine upon us, 0 LORD." The LORD—Father, Son and Spirit—is the only source of absolute goodness in the world. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning" (James 1:17).
Jesus, on one occasion, was addressed as “Good Teacher,” a title he quickly discounted: “Why do you call me good?” He said. “There is no one good but God” (John 18:16).
Jesus was not denying that he was good; he was rather questioning this man’s concept of the word “good” for he, like many of us, had used the word loosely. We speak of a man whose behavior is mostly good as “a good old boy,” but we’ve never yet met a truly good man.
There’s only One who will always do the right thing. Just wait till He comes on the scene!
David Roper
2.2.21
