"Real Confidence"

"Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without cause." (Psalms 35:19) If you have ever done a study in the Book of Job, then you will maybe see some connection to this verse; not that Job's three friends were his enemies, because they were trying to be his friends; but rather, that they had no clue what it was he was going through, nor did they understand why he was going through it; and for that, they were shamed by God. Job on the other hand lacked the real confidence in God's grace and mercy; putting his focus on all those things that were wrong in his life, he took his eyes off of the God that was the Creator of all things, and the result was a heart that felt it should have never been born. Have you ever felt that way? I think I have a time or two; but it has been quite a while since that feeling has ever presented itself in my heart. As for the "enemies wrongfully rejoice" part of this verse, it speaks to the situation of our circumstances, and how those that may not care for us might have a tendency to rejoice when they see us going through something which looks like a trial; as if to say, Look at that guy's struggle, he really must have done something to upset God. We might be going through something for that reason, much like Jonah, who ran in the opposite direction than that which God told him to go; but God is the judge of us, not those that think that they know His heart better than we do; nor can they know our heart, the same as God does. What this verse displays is real confidence in God's hand being upon our lives; as David has come to the understanding of his calling and anointing by God to be king over Israel, he knows that whatever it is that he might be struggling with, that God is allowing it in his life to make him a better leader. At this point in David's life, his biggest struggle was that of being looked upon as a rebel, or someone who was in opposition to king Saul and the kingdom which he represented; but Saul did not have a heart after God, and David did; so who would be a better leader for Israel? The "wink with the eye" part of this verse is pretty much like the kiss of death, whereas someone might look upon our circumstance and then condemn us by whatever it is that we might appear to be going through; as if to say, See, they are getting what they deserve. Again, if you know Job's story, then you know that Job's problems were not caused by sin being a part of his life, but were instead caused by jealousy on the part of Satan; just as David's biggest problem, being that of isolation from his people, was not because of something that he did wrong against the kingdom of his people, but was because of Saul's jealousy towards him. With that, if we lack the real confidence in our ability to stand against the accusations of the enemy, then don't give the enemy anything that he might be able to accuse you for; in that we can have real confidence... "Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him the esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy him not with thy meat, for whom Christ died. Let not then your good be evil spoken of: for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." (Romans 14:13-17)