Christian Observer Psalm 10:4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. The heart of the wicked is the only place in the creation of God whence, if we may so speak, the Creator is banished. Inquire — I. INTO THE CAUSES OF SUCH A STATE OF MIND. They penetrate deeper than may at first sight appear. It is nothing temporary or accidental that causes the forgetfulness of which the Psalmist complains; the evil is general and radical. It has its source in our original apostasy; it extends to us all by nature; no man is free from its influence. Subordinate to this primary and leading cause there are individual causes which, though but results of the former, become in their turn new and fruitful causes of the same effect. The constant pressure of worldly concerns, even when lawful, tends to banish God from our thoughts. But mere inattention is not the whole cause why God is not more in the hearts of men. They wilfully and deliberately banish Him from their thoughts. They are anxious to forget Him. And the reason is that they do not truly love God. What we love is always welcome to our thoughts. II. INTO THE EVILS RESULTING THEREFROM. In fact, all the vice that exists among mankind arises from their not having God in their thoughts. Did men seriously think upon God they would not dare to sin as they too often do. III. INTO THE METHOD OF OVERCOMING THIS UNHAPPY STATE OF CHARACTER. 1. Learn to contemplate the Almighty in the magnitude of His terrors, 2. Let us view God in the abundance of His love. (Christian Observer.) Parallel Verses KJV: The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.WEB: The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God. |
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