Enemies at Your Door?

May 11, 2010
Read Psalms 58-65

Ps 59:5 Rise, LORD God Almighty, and come to my aid; see for yourself, God of Israel! Wake up and punish the heathen.

Ps 59:8-9 But you laugh at them, LORD; you mock all the heathen.
9 I have confidence in your strength; you are my refuge, O God.

Ps 59:10 My God loves me and will come to me; he will let me see my enemies defeated.

WHAT WOULD you say and do if there were armed men in your front yard waiting for you to leave the house? Perhaps the president of the United States had sent special forces to attack you, even though you are innocent, even though you support the president and the United States with all of your heart! What would you say or do?

Would you curse the president? Would you cower in fear? Would you curse God?

The occasion of these psalms is King Saul’s first attacks on David. Recorded in 1 Sam 19:11 “Saul sent men to David's house to watch it and to kill him in the morning.”

Wow! Where’s God? All David had done was good for Saul, and now Saul is out to kill him. And this would last for many years. Would David say, “What’s up, God? I thought you were on my side. Curse you for abandoning me!”

Not David. No, he has a deep passion for his God. It is a passion that sees through the darkness into the light. David sees God. David knows God is present to protect him. And David PRAISE him!

David does have some brutal, strong language for God: “Wake up and punish the heathen.” But I think he speaks this knowing his God will do it!

And he knows God loves him.

My friends, whatever the darkness—even if it is the darkness of extreme guilt and shame—turn to God. Welcome in his love. Trust him.

Invite him in, call on him to conquer your enemies of despair and know he will come to you. Trust him that he will defend you and defeat your enemies. You have the same God David did. I pray you have the same heart that guided David’s trust for God.