Who is my enemy? In our current climate and under our current conditions it’s a fair question. We have considered hoarders of toilet paper our enemy. We believe people who consciously spread Covid-19 as public enemy number one. We cannot face people when we converse without a chasm between us. The word chasm seems like quite an exaggeration doesn’t it? But is it? The distance between us makes for an examination of the word “enemy”. The chasm grieves me as I grieve this new distance between us. It seems to make us more harsh, more judgmental. Remember, we are ALL created in the image of God! That should give us an idea of equality or at least impartiality with God. The chasm is temporary and love can cover it!
David gives praise to God, Who made him. David says; I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works and my soul knows it very well. – Psalm 139:14. David goes on praising God then he lists the evil of the wicked. David calls them enemies of God. He hates those who hate God! Those are his enemies. I find this Psalm to be of the utmost comfort. It is such a song of praise and peace. It helps clear the air on whom to judge and it has nothing to do with toilet paper or conceit. When we pick on the fearful and the ones Who don’t know God are we assuming they are enemies of God? We cannot assume anything. Only God knows the heart. David was pursued by people who wanted to kill him. He had enemies at the gate, so to speak. They were real enemies of God and all that was good. He also asked God to “slay the wicked”. God is the one in charge. God will, one day, defeat ALL the wicked. We can apply this to our lives by praying for those who are weak and helping those in need. For now, I leave you with prayers for God’s peace and Psalm 139.
God’s Omnipresence and Omniscience.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
“O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all. You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it. Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night,” Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You. For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed. For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain. Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.”
Psalms 139:1-24 NASB
https://www.bible.com/100/psa.139.1-24.nasb
King David
Search me O’ God
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