"A Prayer for Deliverance"

Psalm 59: [To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David: when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.] Thirty three and one half years ago God saved me; today, He is still saving me! No, He is not causing me to be born again, that was a one time thing; but He is purifying me, and bringing me into a closer relationship, day by day. I think the thing I got out of that last Psalm, more than anything else, is that fact that we are all inherently wicked, and we need to see our need, personally and sincerely, to be punished for our wickedness; and then, we need to completely understand how that Jesus took that punishment for us, and how much we are indebted to Him for what He has done; although we can never repay Him, we are forever grateful and faithful to listen and obey whatever He tells us to do. What that requires is brokenness and humility on our part, which is something we don't naturally do, so He helps us to accomplish it. This is the third "Destroy Not" Psalm, and it completes a small cycle of what I believe is part and parcel of how we must surrender everything to God. It starts with a plea, "Pleading for God's Help"; then it moves into the act of surrender by the request, "Punish the Wicked!"; and is followed by His saving grace, "A Prayer for Deliverance". If you have any idea what I am talking about, then you should know, the second part is the deepest and most profound, because that's the part where we say, "Whatever you need to do, do it!" After that, everything is summed up in the title of yesterday's post: "If You Say So!" Or if you wish, as in the movie The Princess Bride, as Wesley would say, "As You Wish!" I know that some days are dark and dreary, and I might not make much sense; but this is a journey, and as with any journey, there are bound to be things that are encountered that just don't make sense; at least not to someone outside of the journey! One thing I know for sure, I have seen and heard so much along the way, it's hard to keep up; it's almost as though I need a journal to keep up with my living journal. The introduction for this Psalm is based upon the portion of Scripture from 1 Samuel 19:11; it was a very brief moment, but it was the beginning of David's awareness that Saul wanted to kill him. Which brings me to another point, that is, when we do begin to surrender more of our lives over to God, the enemy becomes upset; as long as you are living a life of compromise, he will leave you alone, but as soon as you become a threat, you had better start watching your back... "And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life tonight, tomorrow thou shalt be slain." (1 Samuel 19:8-11)