What is your response to God and His message? In Psalm 58 and 59 we have a contrast between two types of people: Believers and unbelievers. In Psalms 58:4 we read the following about the unbeliever:
They have venom like the venom of a serpent;
Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear,
The unbeliever stops their ears from hearing the message of God; about the death of His Son and the redemption we have in Christ. The unbeliever refuses to hear the words of truth and rather will not only believe lies but will create imaginations of their own and create idols of their own to worship and to adore and praise. The unbeliever turns a deaf ear to God's Word and His Holy Character and, as a result, will be punished as such. However, in Psalms 59:16 we read the following about the believer:
But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;
Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For You have been my stronghold
And a refuge in the day of my distress.
The believer doesn't just listen and hear but actually employs the mouth in praise and worship of God's truth. The believer, those who truly have their faith in Him, shout for joy at who God is and seek a refuge in Him. Two types of people and two types of response to truth. And, regretfully for the one, two results. One is honored and brought into a permanent relationship with God and the other is cast forever away. Two people - two responses.
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