Deliverance

Psalms 53:1-6
(1) To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.
(2) God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.
(3) They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.
(4) Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
(5) There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.
(6) Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

This Psalm speaks directly to the problem that Christ came to solve. We naturally do not seek God. None of us does good on our own. We naturally reject Him and do what we think is best. Sometimes we do things that aren't so bad, but ultimately that works-righteousness does not save us.

Verse 6 gives the promise of the future. If you are in Christ, I do hope that you rejoice in the truth that God delivers us from our ignorance and rebellion. Only God could have melted the heart of stone I had toward Him. While it isn't always as soft as I'd like, at least it isn't hostile to the Gospel anymore. I hope you can say the same.