TRUST in GOD

12/3/11                                                                                Psalm 12


Scripture: Psalm 12:2-5 Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception. May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue that says, "we will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips- who is our master?" "Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says the Lord. "I will protect them from those who malign them."









Observation: The psalm is about people that think that we own and control our own tongues and lips and therefore we can speak with deception. However, God has a different plan, to cut off all the flattering lips and every boastful tongue that is being boastful to everyone and anything else BUT HIM. The Lord will arise because the oppression and the the groaning of the weak and needy is starting to become something of a bother to him, and he is coming to protect those that are weak and needy from those who use their boastful tongue to hurt those that come to God.

Application: I think that the application would be to again be boastful, but boastful in the Lord. For he is the one who will protect you and never leave your side. He can see everything that is coming at you from all sides and he wants you protected so that you don't turn into one of them that thinks they can be boastful of themselves. The Key is you have to TRUST in GOD that he will always protect you from everyone who wants to harm you. 

Prayer: Lord, thank you for protecting me and showing your light for me to see. I hope that I am being boastful to you, because I am trusting in you God to show me what you are about and how to live a life more dedicated to you, Lord. For it is within you we are given an eternal everlasting life. In your Sons name, Amen.