Trouble comes sometimes whether you hunt it or not.”
–Louis L’Amour (We Shaped the Land With Our Guns)
“Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.”
“Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.”
–Psalm 6:2 (NKJV)
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Do you get as upset as I do about the wickedness in government and the perversion of justice by politicians and those seemingly in power? I use “seemingly” because it is God who is the ultimate power. It is God who will take care of the evildoers. That is what Psalm 94 is about. Let’s look at the last portion of that Psalm.
16 — Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 — Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would soon have settled in silence.
18 — If I say, “My foot slips,” your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up.
19 — In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
20 — Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, have fellowship with You?
21 — They gather together against the life of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22 — But the LORD has been my defense, and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 — He has brought on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; the LORD our God shall cut them off. (NKJV)
It sometimes seems that the whole world is against the truth, and maybe sometimes you feel that it is a personal attack against you. No one it seems can deliver, where is my help? Ever feel that way? Watch the news and listen to the stupidity that abounds. Is there no sane person who can take a stand against evil.
We have a president who says that he is a Christian (a good Catholic Christian). The former Speaker said she was a devout Catholic. Don’t they get it? Don’t they understand? It is not a title it is a heart relationship. Look at verse 20, leadership which devises evil by law. Look at that–abortion, sanctuary cities for evildoers, gay rights, transgenders, and so on–the devising of evil by law. They cannot think that God is on their side. “A holy God cannot approve human corruption.” (Steven Lawson) Even when the evildoers that pervert justice band together they are not in alliance with God, nor is God with them.
In these times of distress remember that God is your fortress; He is the “rock of my refuge.” God will repay, but in the meantime He is our protector. I like the way George Wood put it, “the Lord himself has the last slap.” It is up to us to choose the right response. Call upon the name of the Lord who is the vindicator. “God has proven himself equal to anything the enemy can send.” (Derek Kidner) Notice how emphatic the Lord is in verse 23. The NLT translates it this way, “God will make the sins of evil people fall back upon them. He will destroy them for their sins. He LORD our God will destroy them.”
“I know that my Redeemer lives.
What joy this blest assurance gives!
He lives, my hungry soul to feed;
He lives, to help in time of need.”
–Samuel Medley
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Do you get as upset as I do about the wickedness in government and the perversion of justice by politicians and those seemingly in power? I use “seemingly” because it is God who is the ultimate power. It is God who will take care of the evildoers. That is what Psalm 94 is about. Let’s look at the last portion of that Psalm.
16 — Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 — Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul would soon have settled in silence.
18 — If I say, “My foot slips,” your mercy, O LORD, will hold me up.
19 — In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.
20 — Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, have fellowship with You?
21 — They gather together against the life of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22 — But the LORD has been my defense, and my God the rock of my refuge.
23 — He has brought on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; the LORD our God shall cut them off. (NKJV)
It sometimes seems that the whole world is against the truth, and maybe sometimes you feel that it is a personal attack against you. No one it seems can deliver, where is my help? Ever feel that way? Watch the news and listen to the stupidity that abounds. Is there no sane person who can take a stand against evil.
We have a president who says that he is a Christian (a good Catholic Christian). The former Speaker said she was a devout Catholic. Don’t they get it? Don’t they understand? It is not a title it is a heart relationship. Look at verse 20, leadership which devises evil by law. Look at that–abortion, sanctuary cities for evildoers, gay rights, transgenders, and so on–the devising of evil by law. They cannot think that God is on their side. “A holy God cannot approve human corruption.” (Steven Lawson) Even when the evildoers that pervert justice band together they are not in alliance with God, nor is God with them.
In these times of distress remember that God is your fortress; He is the “rock of my refuge.” God will repay, but in the meantime He is our protector. I like the way George Wood put it, “the Lord himself has the last slap.” It is up to us to choose the right response. Call upon the name of the Lord who is the vindicator. “God has proven himself equal to anything the enemy can send.” (Derek Kidner) Notice how emphatic the Lord is in verse 23. The NLT translates it this way, “God will make the sins of evil people fall back upon them. He will destroy them for their sins. He LORD our God will destroy them.”
“I know that my Redeemer lives.
What joy this blest assurance gives!
He lives, my hungry soul to feed;
He lives, to help in time of need.”
–Samuel Medley