D. Scott Meadows

Thou art my hiding place and my shield:
I hope in thy word (Psalm 119:114).

Unbelievers have much to fear, and the absence of fear in them is a telltale symptom of spiritual insanity. Paranoia is a groundless fear based on delusion, but there is also a tranquility based on delusion which is even more dangerous than paranoia. Jesus spoke of people living in the days of Noah who were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, as if all were well, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Something similar will happen to sinners when Christ comes again (Luke 17.26-27). The day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night, for while people are saying, there is peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape (1 Thess 5.2-3).

Only true Christian believers are really and profoundly safe. Blessed are those who know and feel this deep within. Such was David, the sweet psalmist of Israel, who gives expression in our text to his divinely-wrought confidence in his Savior and God. Oh, that all people in genuine danger might realize their peril and suffer acutely the terror which is totally justified, that they might flee from the wrath to come! Oh, that those who are actually safe by grace would experience the joy of overflowing comfort from a certain and permanent salvation!

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