Summer of Psalms-
The Defender of Lies
Thanks for joining me today for Coffee Hour @ Chicklit Power
and Wednesday’s Word @ Trench Classes United. I hope you are enjoying your
summer and looking above the heat for a cool perspective! Come on in.
Can I just tell you, I so love the Psalms! Seriously, there
is NOTHING like the Word that splashes perspective on any given situation and
sets us straight. When I opened my Bible up to Psalm 5, I nearly cried with
thanksgiving because He knows exactly what I need it when I need it.
Have you ever discovered the truth about someone lying about
you? It hurts a bit, doesn’t it? And yet, I guess that depends on how close
we’ve held the one lying about us to us. How is it that we handle this
conundrum? I mean, if we are pumped up and ticked off, we only add fuel to the
fire. Have we ever tried letting go and letting God just defend us and reveal
the truth? Sounds scary, huh? But Coffee Hour Friend, can I tell you it works!
In fact, when our focus is off of the lie and the person behind it and on the
One who vindicates and validates, then His purposes are accomplished and our
journeys need not be interrupted.
I recently learned of this happening about me to me by
someone that I didn’t necessarily hold close, but someone who I never thought
would participate in such things; after all, they’re in the church…like an
important figure in the church! But none of us are immune to insecurity and the
need for love and acceptance, which is often the reason people lie. So as I read
this Psalm I am encouraged by David’s transparent heart as he shares his
disappointment and cries out to God, his Abba, about those who lie about him,
who partner with the enemy in their lying.
Notice in verse 1, David asks God to listen to his words, and
to consider his meditation, meaning his thoughts are on these lies of the
enemies. He tells God to listen to the
voice of his cry, and then calls God his King and his God, acknowledging that
God is who he turns to and to whom he will pray (vs. 2)
In verse 3, David is reminding God that he looks to Him
first thing in the morning about this situation – it’s consuming him and yet he
knows where to take that which consumes him. I love his next words: “And I will
look up.” How often I need that reminder, to look up instead of around me, or
behind me, or even in front of me. Just look up, change my perspective, Lord!
In verse 4, he reminds himself, as we need to, that God is
not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness, aka, in people’s spreading untruths
for no evil dwells within God. So in the midst of his conversation with Abba,
he’s reminding himself of some of the qualities and characteristics of God,
which is a great thing to do when we feel attacked by anyone or anything.
As I read through the rest of this Psalm, I am reminded that
someone’s inability to tell the truth should not become my disability; and that
our Heavenly Father sees it all, so I will take the gavel out of my hand and
allow Him to deal with those who deem themselves my enemies.
Go ahead, read the rest of the Psalm and then write it out
according to your understanding and your circumstances. His Word is alive in
you!
Loving the Psalms,
Evinda
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