- From Psalm 130
The Psalmist has observed the desperate state of Israel . . . it's defeat at the hands of its enemies. It's willful moral and economic decline as it slipped into irrelevance. But in the end, his hope is not in political leaders. He has not led a march against King Saul, or Babylon, or Assyria, or Persia.
The Psalmist concludes that it's best just to wait. He urges patience. And he puts his full trust in the word of the LORD.
God's Word gives him. It gives us hope.
How is it that people that agree that Christ is the world's last hope, will disagree over something as superficial as real, versus fake, news? Both sides agree that something is terribly wrong with the world. It is hard to argue against the concerns of either side. It certainly is fruitless to try to convince them their concerns are unwarranted! You might as well try to persuade a hungry, crying baby to just settle down - dinner will be in a couple hours.
And yet they will sit in the same room with their opponent, on a Sunday morning, in faux unity before the King of Heaven.
Faux unity? Yes indeed. Now there is something that's fake! This facade of singing, praying, reading, and exhorting, under the same roof, as though we're in it together! But then we soon depart that place, and return to our on-line groups and news channels, where we line up according to what our heart is telling us: in political camps that could almost put behind bars, the very same people we worshiped with, just hours before!
The Psalmist settled the question for us: In God's word is our hope!!
Who cares whether your news is real or fake?
Your hope is in God's word! Isn't that enough?
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