This is a tough verse to swallow. Especially if you have been there, done that and have that T-shirt!
The Psalmist has witnessed the ridicule and shame of one's own demise. Perhaps like many of us, he is writing about himself. Many of us that have called ourselves Christian have at one time or another been guilty of turning God's glory into shame. Maybe it was greed. Maybe it was lust. Maybe it was jealousy. No matter what, it was selfishness. Dr. Joseph Godwin, the Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Mars Hill College, once said that "selfishness was the sin that stunk all the way to heaven." Selfishness indeed gets the best of us. In the lastest Narnia movie, Prince Edward and Prince Caspien are warned that they would be tempted about their selfishness. Isn't interesting that that the enemy knows those areas that we are weakest? I do however find great comfort in the fact that even Jesus was tempted to turn glory into shame, love delusions, and seek false gods. It is interesting in studying those passages that highlight the temptation of Jesus to see that Jesus always fought temptation with the Truth of God's word. I have found that works for me as well, as long as I am willing to do so. There are reasons to stay in the Word. What excuse are you making?
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