Saviours Love - by Jeremy Duke

Psalm 14 describes the absence of anyone who pleases God in this world: “The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.” (V3-4)

Later in the psalm, there exists a “generation of the righteous” (v5). To be righteous is to be in right standing before God.

How can there be not a single person who does good in the world, yet righteous people exist? It’s a confusing contradiction. Maybe the psalmist just meant to say that almost everyone in the world fails to please God, but some do - using hyperbole to make a point? It’s possible.

But this lead me to think about Noah - a righteous person amongst a corrupt generation.

Genesis 6 describes the great wickedness of humanity throughout the earth, but then in verse 8 “But Noah found favour in the eyes of the Lord.”

That word favour - it‘s the same word for grace. Had Noah done anything to find grace in God’s eyes? It’s not clear. What’s clear is that God chose to look at him with grace.

What we do is of secondary importance to how God looks at us.

We are all people who fail to seek God. But God chooses to look at us with grace, through the sacrifice of his son.

How wonderful, how glorious, is my saviour’s love for me!