What Is Missing?

Psalms 74:7 (KJV) They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

(Proverbs 8 also read)

This is a Psalm written by Asaph.  It is not David speaking.  It’s not Solomon.  As I read over this verse, it almost seems like this is written after the southern kingdom is hauled off into exile.  Noticed that the sanctuary, the temple, has been destroyed.  That’s just my observation.  I don’t know what the scholars say.

Israel is in dire straits.  The whole Psalm reads as a desperate people crying out to their God for refuge.  We know that God offers refuge.  We know that God has promised a willingness to redeem his people.  We know all of that.  So do they.  What is missing in this Psalm?

Repentance.  Confession.

There are plenty of attempts to manipulate God, and a desire to appeal to His ego.  It didn’t work for them.  And my point today is, it won’t work for us.

So?  Seek the Lord with a heart willing to confess and willing to repent.  God will meet us, but He doesn’t meet us when our arrogance colors the meeting.