In just 10 generations from creation the debauchery and degeneration of Adam’s race rose clear to heaven. Genesis 6:5 records, “Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.”
There’s no dressing it up: “every intent… only evil… continually.”
Man’s wickedness became such a stench to God that He says twice, “I am sorry that I have made them.” God is expressing, in terms we can understand, His divine attitude of grief over sin.
Fast-forward a few thousand years. When I gaze across the landscape of our day I can’t help but wonder how grieved His heart must be. Auschwitz, Rwanda, and Syria notwithstanding, just a cursory glance at our own news headlines sets my ears ringing: “every intent… only evil… continually.”
I think it is fitting, right, and honoring to Holy God when we enter into His grief:
How long will the enemy mock You, O God?
Will the foe revile Your name forever?
How long, O Lord, will You refrain from judging
those who dwell on the earth?
Come quickly, Lord Jesus!*
Blessings,
* See Psalm 74:10; Revelation 6:10; 3:11; 22:7, 12, 20