"Redemption"

"But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied." (Psalms 38:19) A strange twist to that of being liberated; yet, it comes to reason, the more we give over to God, the more the world is against us. Usually when we think of being redeemed, we think of our Redeemer, and the mighty price that was paid for our iniquities and our deliverance from sin; but the word redemption also can also imply what state we have become in regards to this world, for He has redeemed us from this fallen world, of which we are no longer a part of, but rather a Pilgrim traveling through; and as such, we are in debt to Him, as the One who redeemed us. To put it another way, we could use the word rescued, which is a term a little easier to understand, and one that better describes the transformation that He has made upon our lives. When David is speaking about how his "enemies are lively", he is making the point that they do not just lay around waiting for him to mess up, but that they are vigorous in their hate against him; so much so, that they gather others in their cause to take him out. We are living in some pretty interesting times, because the more evil is pressed against, the more emboldened they become that practice evil, and the louder they become in their protest of being stopped. This is something that we might not have seen sixty or seventy years ago; and it surely is not something that those that practice good are accustomed to do. How often do you see the church out protesting evil? and when they do, they sure are a lot quieter about it, and a lot less threatening. But this world belongs to those that live in darkness, at least for now; and because it belongs to them, they will fight for what is theirs, just as those that lived in the days of Sodom, as they demanded Lot bring out his guests, and chastised him for judging them; and yet, we know what happened to them... "Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." (Romans 8:12-14)