A Psalm of Delusion

Psalms 44:17 (KJV) All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

(Proverbs 28 also read)

I know I’ve read this particular Psalm many times before.  I’m not sure I’ve done it with my brain turned on.  As I read it today and got about halfway through, I realized this does not compute.  Take a look at the verse again if you didn’t read it attentively.  After you read it, I think about all of the accusations that come from Jesus and the prophets and down through the history recorded in the Bible.  Is this statement accurate or is it wishful thinking?

The author claims that Israel has not “dealt falsely with the Covenant”.  Do the statements of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, etc., agree with that?  If you’ve done any reading at all, you know they haven’t.

So?  We can live in a world of a delusion.  We can say whatever we want to say and not check to make sure it is true or accurate.  It doesn’t change a thing.  When you look at your life and wonder why it’s gone the way that you might want to look a little more carefully and see the decisions you’ve made.  God is waiting for us to be open to Him.  There’s literally little He will do if we insist on living in delusion.