I Thought Wrong – Psalm 50:21
“I Thought Wrong”
“These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou
thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I
will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. “
Psalm 50:21
This Psalm captivated my attention, and I read it again and
again. Verse 1 begins, “The mighty God, even the LORD, hath
spoken … ” & verse 7, “Hear, O my people, and I will speak.”
God testifies against His people and gives a list of their
offenses. He rebukes them for their hypocrisy, their neglect of
God’s Word, and their participation in wickedness. They are
warned of His judgment.
Among their many offenses listed, there is one that stands
out, the great error of God’s people is they thought wrong!
Hence, “thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as
thyself.” They had the audacity to think, “God is like me!
God likes what I like. God loves who I love. God hates what I
hate. Whatever I do, that is what God would do.” They
misinterpreted God’s gracious silence for God’s participation.
They thought wrong!!
This awful perversion of thinking corrupts man. It is
cancerous pride that concludes, God is like me. Believer, God
loves us, but God is not like us. Our thoughts are not God’s
thoughts and our ways are not God’s ways. God’s thoughts
and ways are holier than our thoughts and ways. To think that
God is like me … is to think wrong.
God will never become like us but we are to become like
Him. It is only through His Word and the power of the Holy
Ghost, that we are conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. – E.M.
Prepared by Roger Fulk, from excerpts from the “Baptist Bread” December 2, 2024, devotional by author ED MAST, Pastor, Old Paths Baptist Church, Dubuque, IA. With permission from Tim Green, editor of Baptist Bread.
Recent Comments