Endures.
I came across this word in verse 13. The name of the LORD endures forever. Unlike the idols, which are not living in the first place but also break down over time, God does not decay. This psalm got me thinking about how much time I spent propping up and fixing idols compared to how much of my life I devote to obedience to God.
The most invincible of institutions, organizations or systems are all subject to decay. I read on Leonard Sweet's website the other day that of the 1955 Fortune 500 companies (the strongest 500 companies out there), only about 60 exist today. That's an insane number. Just over ten percent of the most powerful companies in the world can last over fifty years. And in the span of human history, fifty years is a blink. It has been four thousand years (plus) since the calling of Abraham. The Exodus is just over three thousand years old. Jesus walked the earth two thousand years ago. Fifty years is nothing. Yet, it is the accumulation of stuff and power that drives so much of our activity and energy. As John Calvin once said, the human heart is a factory for idols.
Today, let us keep our thoughts on what endures. And may that shape the kind of people we hope to be.
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