"Know Your Foes"

"Rid me, and deliver from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is the hand of falsehood:" (Psalms 144:11)

  As far as I can see, this is an answer to prayer; just by giving thanks and believing, we can actually see more clearly what we are up against; but more importantly, where our help comes from! If you could relate this to any current social or spiritual issues, we have more than enough going on around us to associate this with; because the generation of children growing up have been indoctrinated into something filled with vanity and falsehood. Evolution, climate change, one world order, confusion in their sexual orientation; you think it up, and it is all about Judges 21:25, "and every man did that which was right in his own eyes." The sad thing is, they really do not know any different, because they have been taught that this way is right. That is pretty much what the picture is that David is showing, because the right hand is meant to be the hand of prosperity or honor; so, in their minds, they truly believe that the wrong way is the right way. It is no different than the Woe in Isaiah 5:20, that says, "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" In a nutshell, knowing that God is in control, and knowing what you are up against, is not only the answer to prayer, but it is the reason we can actually say, Thank You LORD! In other words, this is no longer a threat, because God in going to take care of it! What freedom we have in knowing that, is the reason we can now focus upon other more important things; like all these wonderful things spoken about in the rest of this Psalm. If you really want to see what the victory feels like, then you give away all the defeat, and fill your life with all of the promises of God, and we stand...

"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For our weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds:) casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; and having a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled." (2 Corinthians 10:3-6)