"The Design of Evil"

"He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil." (Psalms 36:4) Continuing on from the last four words of verse three, which are "and to do good", this is the result of those that leave off doing good, they design evil. A good case in point would be David's sin with Bathsheba, which would not have taken place if David had been doing what he should of been doing, instead of staying back from war and playing in his room. This "deviseth mischief upon his bed" statement can be taken in several different directions, all of which result in mischief, but some of which are just down right perverted; but the main point of what I believe that David is speaking to, is that of not doing what you should be doing when you go to bed. Going to bed at night is a time to pray and to meditate upon the goodness of God; having made it through another day, we should be giving Him thanks and praying for forgiveness of any wrongs that were committed along the way; let alone asking Him to bless our tomorrow, unless by chance we should go to be with Him during the night. Continuing on with God's words that were spoken to Cain, God said, "If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door"; which in a general sense has the same basic meaning, whereas not doing that which is good will result in giving way for evil to come knocking at the door, actually crouching at the door, waiting to pounce upon you as you walk though it, or laying there ready to trip you up; which is also the example of "he setteth himself in a way that is not good". The main point of which is that we have a choice by which we are to conduct our daily lives: choosing to do good, we become part of God's design; while choosing to not do good, we become part of the devil's design, and we will devise mischief. This word "mischief" is a word that speaks very loudly of idols and everything that is involved with idol worship; surprisingly enough, idols are things that get placed between us and God; which do not necessarily need to be an object of worship, they can also be something that we design within our own minds, and that take the place of spending time meditating upon the Lord. This is another good example of "he deviseth mischief upon his bed", which is what we allow our minds to build up and to build upon; instead of going to sleep focused upon God and His goodness, we have certain playgrounds we continually visit; all of which are also idols... "No man when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light." (Luke 11:33-36)