FRIDAY, 11 JULY 2025
TEXT: Psalm
12:1-8
1: Help, Lord, for no one
is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
2: Everyone lies to their
neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.
3: May the Lord silence
all flattering lips and every boastful tongue—
4: those who say, “By our
tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us—who is lord over us?”
5: “Because the poor are
plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will
protect them from those who malign them.”
6: And the words of the
Lord are flawless, like silver purified in a crucible, like gold refined seven
times.
7: You, Lord, will keep
the needy safe and will protect us forever from the wicked,
8: who freely strut about
when what is vile is honored by the human race.
(New International
Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC: A
DISTRESS CALL
The Psalmist opens with a 119 distress call: "Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. Everyone lies to their neighbours....".
Psalm 12 expresses what it is like
to live in a Christian organization where the foundations have been destroyed.
It describes a situation very close to what obtains in African churches today
where there is a scarcity of godly and faithful models and leaders whose words
can be trusted.
Isaiah also made that emergency call when he said, "The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away...." (Isaiah 57:1-2). During the formative years of African churches, it's leaders who were graduates of the vernacular Bible training schools are now gone.
We are now under the
sophisticated leadership of seasoned theologians. Does this call for
celebration?
QUESTION: Don't you think it is time to dial God's emergency
number?
PRAYER:
Help, Lord, help, Lord, help, Lord!
Remain
Blessed
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