PURE
Today's reading: Psalm 12-14

"The Lord's promises are pure, like silver refined in a furnace, purified seven times over." Psalm 12:6 NLT

Might I make an overview of our doubting selves?

It's about our trust in the Lord and His promises.

Or, rather, our lack of trust in the Lord and His promises.

We might be more willing, more able to believe in the purity(the sureness, the completeness, the soundness) of God's promises if we had some example of pure-ness in our lives.

The gold bands we wear around our fingers aren't pure gold.

The tacos we eat at Taco John's aren't pure beef.

The water systems we drink from aren't pure.

The National Parks we pay good tax money for and high entry fees into are no longer pure.

The social circles laugh at the thought of purity when there are so many people to hook up with in the world.

The blue skies are no longer pure, but filled with smog, airplane exhaust tracks and enough satellite waves to get this note from Southern Illinois to where you live.

We have no basis to hold God's pure promises up against. We cannot fathom something purified--something recycled, something rescued from the landfill or something re-used, possibly--but not pure.

God's promises are pure--completely believable, trustworthy and backed. God's promises leave no room for doubt. His record proves to us, and has for many generations, that what He says He'll do--He'll do!