What Can We Do?

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Psalm 11

With the chaos and confusion being promoted all around us due to COVID-19, do you feel yourself asking the question “What are we going to do?”

As we find ourselves gripped by the earthly administration of lying fear, let us set our eyes upon the infinitely greater heavenly administration of truthful facts which are to be apprehended by faith!

Let our hearts and minds consider how Psalm 11 poses the question of the ages “what can the righteous do?” concerning the attitude of the believer in times when it may seem the very bedrock and foundation of our world is in upheaval!

1. What Shall We Do?
   1. A Statement of Faith. In verse 1: “In the Lord I take refuge…”.  
   2. Beware of Ungodly Counsel. In verse 1: “How can you say to my soul, ‘flee like a bird to your mountain…’”
   3. The Eyes of the Flesh versus the The Eyes of Faith. See II Kings 6:8-18. 
   4. To Whom Shall We Look? In verse 4: “The Lord is in his Holy Temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven…”
   5. Look in the Right Direction
   6. Making Eye Contact. In verse 4: “His eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.”
   7. Reverse Logic
2. What Shall We See?
   1. A progression in verses 4-6:
      1. The Lord Sees
      2. The Lord Tests
      3. The Lord Judges
   2. Face to Face. In verse 7: “…the upright shall behold His face.”

NOTE: We come into the NT and find that if we are redeemed and entering deeper and deeper into the knowledge of God through Christ… if we know and are known by Christ then we have seen the face of God! “For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”-II Cor. 2:6

May we like David and Martin Luther not fear nor flee; but rather, may we stand fast in faith and facts beholding God face to face in the midst of the hype and hysteria of COVID-19!