"By Any Means"

"Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand." (Psalms 109:6)

  Before we go and think David was just speaking of his own situation, remember that God uses any and all situations to speak to us; not matter how awful or painful our situation might be, God makes every terrible thing that can ever happen in our lives into something useful and good. I know that there are some who don't believe it, but God does not lie; if He says that all things work towards the good, then even that thing that hurt you the most, it too is counted towards the good. Might this be speaking of a scare or more of an awakening? Some think it might. Or could it be David calling out for someone to overcome an adversary? Much could be made of that, however, if we are talking about Saul, then I don't think this would apply; and if it be Absalom, I seriously doubt he would go there; after all, he brought that upon himself. Sometimes we might need to just see the real battle that is going on around us, because it is not flesh and blood we are fighting against, it is a spiritual fight going on all over the world. It is usually hard to see the wickedness that is all around us without it being defined and made noticeable, but that does not mean it is not there, if we don't see it. Peter talked quite a lot about it, because I believe he realized it was so in his own life. That night he denied Jesus, he had no control whatsoever over that situation; it was going to happen whether he wanted it to or not. To that point, it could be that this is David speaking of himself, as if to say, 'Let the wickedness be revealed in me, and let me see where that wickedness comes from.' David had experience with this, in the way that Natan showed David that he was the man, speaking of the rich man that took his neighbor's pet lamb and fed it to his friend. When we get the right perspective, we see exactly who it is that we are dealing with and who it is that we sin against...

"When Judas, who had betrayed him, realized that Jesus had been condemned to die, he was filled with remorse. So he took the thirty pieces of silver back to the leading priests and the elders. "I have sinned," he declared, "for I have betrayed an innocent man." "What do we care?" they retorted. "That's your problem." Then Judas threw the silver coins down in the Temple and went out and hung himself. The leading priests picked up the coins. "It wouldn't be right to put this money in the Temple treasury," they said, "since it was payment for murder." After some discussion they finally decided to buy the potter's field, and they made it into a cemetery for foreigners. That is why the field is still called the Field of Blood. This fulfilled the prophecy of Jeremiah that says, "They took the thirty pieces of silver -the price at which was valued by the people of Israel, and purchased the potter's field as the LORD directed."" (Matthew 27:3-10) NLT