The Fool Says, There is No God

Psalm 14

The Fool Says, There Is No God

    To the choirmaster. Of David.

 ¹ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
   They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds,
   there is none who does good.

 ² The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man,
   to see if there are any who understand,^[a]
   who seek after God.

 ³ They have all turned aside; together they have becomecorrupt;
   there is none who does good,
   not even one.

 ⁴ Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers
   who eat up my people as they eat bread
   and do not call upon the LORD?

 ⁵ There they are in great terror,
   for God is with the generation of the righteous.
⁶ You would shame the plans of the poor,
   but^[b] the LORD is his refuge.

 ⁷ Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
   When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,
   let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

This psalm is a great insight to the depravity of our human nature. It really illustrates the need for a savior. We see how men who have denied God are fools. It says at the end of verse 1, "They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds, there is none who does good." These people who do not believe there is a god, do wretched things. None of them do good in the eyes of the Lord. Even the most moral man can do what is good and moral, but if he does not give his heart over to Christ, then he is still a wicked man.

Each verse repeats the same idea, God see none that seek after Him. It says that there is nothing but evil. The psalmist cries out, "Have they no knowledge, all the evil doers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord?" He is asking God, "Are they ignorant to blessings? They chew up and spit out my fellow believers and there is no convincing them of the redemption of Jesus." I think we have to ask this question today as well. Because there are still people who will just refuse to accept the free gift of grace today. 

The psalmist is concerned for these unbelievers, he says, "They are in great terror, for God is with the generation of the righteous." God is watching over us as believers and He is keeping us safe. The psalmist is afraid for the unbelievers because they are not in the protective arms of the Father. This is definitely his prayer for their salvation. He is praying that somehow they will find God and will drown in His grace. This should be a daily prayer for us as well, we should pray that the world that has reject God, will one day realize just how lost they are and just how much God was watching them their entire lives.