FAITH CAPSULE: Are you conscious of wicked acts in you?
Psalm 73
Who are the wicked?
Jeremiah must be curious about the act of wickedness.
Jeremiah speaks before God, “Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are those happy who deal so treacherously? You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bear fruit…” (Jeremiah 12:1-2)
The wicked world.
Jeremiah does not know better than God.
Wickedness is before God, who sees all things.
Genesis 6:5 records, “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
God creates all and knows all.
There is nothing hidden from God.
God is God and the only God who judges all at His appointed time.
God will not execute against the wicked speedily, but at His appointed time.
God sees that wickedness is continual.
Do you wonder why wickedness is continual?
Ecclesiastes 8:11-13 states, “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.”
God alone is God and will not be intimidated to judge out of His appointed time.
Are you walking in the word of God or walking in the wickedness of the world?
What is your mind before God?
Are you living a life of a wicked one consciously or unconsciously?
God knows the wicked one whether one denies or accepts being one.
Jeremiah 17:9-10 states, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart; I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.”
Can you identify whether you are wicked or not wicked?
Psalm 73 identifies some glaring wicked heart:
Pride serves as their necklace.
Violence covers them like a garment.
Their eyes bulge with abundance.
They have more than a heart could wish.
They increase in riches.
They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression.
They speak loftily (arrogantly)
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth.
Are you living outside of God?
It is wickedness to live outside of God.
Today, come out of wicked ways to avoid the sentence of God against evil work.
Keep your heart diligently, so as not to become a wicked one before God.
The judgment of God does not sleep but is alive at His appointed time.
Prayer for today: Ask that the fear of God become your way of life.