Fw: The blindness of evil

Psalm 10:

16 The Lord is king forever and ever;
    the nations perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
    you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
    so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.

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The writer of Psalm 10 has decided to do an analysis of evil.  Just what is happening when some people decide to take advantage of others?  

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This psalm explains that they have a certain "blind spot" that will eventually catch up to them.  We all have blind spots and need help from others to see what we tend to miss.  Personally I am not very observant of physical changes in our home.  When Shirley hangs a new picture, moves a piece of furniture or moves a plant I may sense that something has changed but often I need for her to point it out for me.  According to the psalmist the evil person's blind spot is a very big one...the blind spot is the reality of an all-knowing and all-seeing God.  So they allow their world to revolve around themselves at the center.  They may live with the mindset that "what's theirs is theirs" and "what's yours is theirs" also.

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This blind spot for the evil also carries another blind spot that is directly associated.  The boundaries of life are not framed by birth and death when it comes to God but they are when it comes to our actions toward each other.  And while it may appear that the evil are successful at separating the innocent from their goods, that is a temporary outcome.  As verse 16 reminds us, "The Lord is king forever and ever" while even "the nations perish from his land".  

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Perhaps one definition of building the Kingdom of God is seeing those with this blind spot transformed so that the God they were blind to is now the one they can't stop thinking about and living for.  

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You really don't want your blind spot to be the "all seeing" God!

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blessings,

Rob Smith

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"Death is inevitable.  Life is a choice!"

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."