"The Reason Why"

"Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me." (Psalms 55:3) It's a work in progress, don't laugh. But seriously, grievous sins are hard to make go away; although God will forgive us, and in His sight we are made white as snow, we still have to answer to others, ourselves, and the accuser. At some point in the process of consequences, there needs to be a point of rescue; we need to know that there is, and we need to find it, and hold onto it with dear life. In the first place, we have the "voice of the enemy", which for the sake of argument, is the voice of them which keep bringing up charges against us; whatever those charges may be, whether they are our past grievous sins, or whether they are made up gossip, these are those that spread the news and love to speak out against those that they envy or hate. The devil falls into that category, because his fate is sealed, and he hates the fact that God has provided us a way to be saved from our sins; he hates it so much, that he will go out of his way to remind us of our past sins; and then when we sin again, he is right there to tell us how wicked we are, and to discourage us in our salvation. That is the meaning that I see in "the oppression of the wicked", because it is those that do not understand the salvation that God so freely gives us, they are the ones that are considered the wicked; they are the ones that will refuse to accept that God can forgive, and they are those that refuse God's forgiveness for themselves. We really need to be careful that we do not fall into that category, because there is a danger of thinking that we have been forgiven, and all the while not even knowing what forgiveness feels like, or how it applies to our lives. Forgiveness is kind of a two way street; if we are freely forgiven, then we can freely forgive others, including ourselves; although sometimes it is hard to do, it is no excuse to not try and make it happen; God does not tell us to do anything that we are not able to do, with His help. Therein is the key to everything! God's help! It does not matter how far that you have fallen, or how deep your wounds have been cut, with God's help all things are possible; there is forgiveness that you can feel, it's not just an empty faith that we believe in, but one that gives life, and then keeps on giving life... "And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? Whosoever cometh to Me, and heareth My sayings, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: he is like a man which built a house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it; for it was founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great." (Mark 6:46-49)