Ain- If you have ever rented a home or apartment you are no doubt familiar with the security deposit. This money is given to the landlord for his or her protection should the tenant break the least, damage the property or move without paying the month due. The Psalmist stands in good conscience; his life keeps the agreement of walking in holiness. Still, he knows no one is good enough to stand in his own righteousness so he asks God to stand security or to vouch for him. When we do all the good we are capable of doing and live as obedient as we know how, Christ stands in righteousness in our behalf, as security for us. In fact when we break our agreement and fall into sin he still stands pleading and making intercession.
Being called to holiness only makes us more aware of the sin around us. Here the writer calls for judgment on those who neglect God’s Laws. In the New Testament we learn not only the righteous cry out to God but the whole creation cries out and agonize for the time when righteousness will again be the rule. We may look around and also say with our meditation, “God it’s time to act; do something about the wickedness in our society.” We hear of human trafficking, religious wars, hunger, sickness and famine and think things cannot get much worse. But it can and will. The believers however have a hope that when the time of grace has run its full course, Christ will return in glory for those who love him. Even so Lord Jesus, come. ©8/2010
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