The Power of Words

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Psalm 12

The 12^th Psalm is all about words. The words of faithless leaders are contrasted with the Word of our faithful Lord. As our hearts sink down in despair because of the words falling from the lips of lying political leaders, let us turn to the Word of God and be uplifted by finding great confidence in the Living Lord Who cannot lie!

One of the ways in which the foundations of a society are torn down and eroded away is by the leaders of that society being characterized by constant lies. At the heart of every lying politician is a denial of the Lordship of God.

1. The Words of Woeful David
   1. Exclamatory Prayer. Verse 1: “Save! Oh Lord…”
   2. Exodus of the Faithful. Verse 1b: “for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.” 
2. The Words of Lying Leaders. Verse 2-4:
   1. Lying Insincerities: “Everyone utters lies to his neighbor…” 
   2. Lying Flatteries: “With flattering lips…” 
   3. Lying Deceptions: “A double-heart to they speak…”
   4. Lying Boastings: “The tongue that makes great boasts, those who say, ‘With our tongue we will prevail, our lips are with us; who is master over us?’” 
   5. The Destiny of All Liars: Revelation 21:8
3. The Word of the Living Lord
   1. Immediate Action. Verse 5: “I will now arise, says the Lord”
   2. Impeccable Words. Verse 6: “The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.”
   3. Illustration
   4. Un-incineratable Words: What does it mean when the Psalmist says God’s words are “like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times”? Did it ever occur to you that whatever God says has been refined and thought out for an eternity? When God says something, it has the weight of His eternal nature behind it. Let our confidence in God be founded upon and encouraged by the perfect refinement of His eternal words!   

As we are appalled by the lying vanities of finite world leaders and grapple with feelings of loneliness and isolation, let our faith be strengthened by the perfectly pure Word of the infinite God who cannot lie!