The final test of our faith is the answer to the question: “Where (or in whom) do we put our trust?”
The great miracle of the gospel is that, in Christ, not only are we declared righteous, but we are empowered to live righteously.
“Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.” (Jesus)
It is the resurrected Christ and the empty tomb, which alone, washes us all of our “foolishness” and sets our feet firmly with Christ in the way of the righteous.
The important lesson from Psalm 13 is to never forget in your times of darkness what God has revealed in the times of light.
Although Jesus is the Second Person of the Trinity, co-equal, co-eternal and consubstantial with God the Father, he nevertheless entered into humanity for our sakes.
The Christian message should never be reduced to mere obedience to God’s law, though it is never less than that.