I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he. Deuteronomy 32:3-4.

As I settled in this morning to read our psalm, Psalm 58, I loved the first verse…Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity? v. 1...because there is such a contrast with the rulers, the dictators, the unjust judges that are of mankind; and it’s good to consider that and be grateful we have a Creator God – Father, Son, Spirit – who is not like us. And then, David goes on and we see the violence that is mankind. David hopes for a reward of the wicked steeped in cruelty and violence. He wants the same end for them that they cause others. You can read the rest of this psalm. Once is enough for me.

In my devotional, Jesus Today, was the quote by Francis A. Schaeffer: Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope. The very next page is the quote from psalms: Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness. The sum of Your word is truth, and every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting. Psalm 119:160. And that is the difference between us and our God.

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent…Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them. John 17:3, 25, 26. Jesus spoke those words to His disciples right before they went to the garden where Jesus would be betrayed and taken. He came to make the Father known. As you spend time studying Scripture you can’t help but see the violence of mankind. And when you read closely, you will also find God’s love showing us what is a better way. Our hope that is eternal.