"Wonder Wisely"

"Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war." (Psalms 140:1-2)

  Yes, I know: What is more hard to understand, the title, or the fact that I grouped these two verses together? Well to be honest, the title just popped into my head as I was praying; the grouping of the two verses together was based upon the fact that I do not understand what the title means; at least, not at this moment. And yes, the title above this Psalm in my Bible is the title for yesterday's post; just in case you were wondering. Wow, I wonder if that could be it? If you notice that David used the word, "Deliver," to start out his request; but maybe God does not want David to be delivered, maybe God wants to use him to break them apart? Strange as it might seem, but most of those that gather together to form some sort of evil war, they really are not all aliened together in their hearts. Truth and righteousness will always bring people together and form a more perfect union; a lie and evil intent will group people to gather as a mob, but they have no idea in there hearts what it is that they stand for, except that they just want to be evil. As many of you should know, spiritual warfare is not like anything we might experience in physical warfare; although all war is ugly and kills, spiritually fought warfare is not fought on the physical battlefield. We might not know who is being used by the enemy, because we cannot see the enemy and know his intentions; but we can prepare ourselves for the battle by reinforcing our hearts and minds. This is going back to what I closed with yesterday; that we must fortify our minds and strengthen our hearts against the attack on God's Word! And believe you me, there is currently a great attack going on, if not to shut God's Word out of the conversation, to distort and downplay any sort of definitive meaning. Did you know that there is an actual group of people on this planet that believe the earth is flat? If there are people who believe that, there are people who can believe anything! Let's just say for the sake of conversation that this was about Saul, and Saul was the evil and violent man. It would make perfect sense; but on the other hand, David would never do what it took to stop him. Instead, he needed to focus his thoughts upon the spiritual aspect of what he was dealing with, and that involves matters of the heart, which only God can see or interpret. And as I said before, those that band together motivated by evil intent cannot stay bound together under one tent; which is why they continually gather together, because they really have no clue what it is that they represent...

"The LORD is good, a strong refuge when trouble comes. He is close to those who trust in him. But he will sweep away his enemies in an overwhelming flood. He will pursue his foes into the darkness of night. Why are you scheming against the LORD? He will destroy you with one blow; he won't need to strike twice! His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field. Who is this wicked counselor of yours who plots evil against the LORD?" (Nahum 1:7-11) NLT