Week 8 Psalm 18
I was dropping off a couple of books at the second-hand book store. Before I went in I flipped through the books (looking to see if I’d left any $50 bills). What I found was a plain black-&-white bookmark. It said “God’s Way Is Perfect”. The four words were in a hollow-outline font surrounded by a simple floral border. God’s Way Is Perfect.
Last Sunday during church service we (repeatedly) sang the line “you are perfect in all of your ways” (the “you” and “your” were referring to the “good father” and so – assuming the “good father” was the Lord – the songwriter agreed with the bookmark guy).
Under the words God’s Way Is Perfect the bookmark said: Psalm 18:30.
That verse in my bible says: as for God, his way is perfect. I checked a couple of other versions and none of them said God’s Way Is Perfect. Bookmark guy might have used another version or maybe paraphrased the line. But either way it comes down to the Lord being perfect. Unparalleled. Transcendent. The Paragon.
A couple of days ago I read the story of Korah: a guy who collided catastrophically with the God who’s way is perfect.
There’s a hundred more stories of guys like Korah. Where imperfect eventually plows into perfect.
A big part of the bible is stories of what exactly happens when people whose ways pretty deliberately aren’t perfect run into the God Who’s Way Is.
Note: quote from Psalm 18:30 (NLT)