July 21, 2025

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where the people you are contending with lie about you to further their own cause? This kind of situation occurs frequently, especially among Christ-followers. The enemy has designed plans against us and will use whatever means necessary to make us look bad and sully our testimony in the eyes of unbelievers, so they find us and other Christians noxious to keep those unbelievers from turning to Jesus. During David’s flight from Saul, he expressed his feelings about his situation in Psalms 35. They lied about him, and traps were laid out to capture him. However, when you are going through a season where you have those rooting against you, like David did, and are using whatever means necessary, especially with evil intentions against you, pray this psalm. I prayed this psalm during a time when we were dealing with a situation where some individuals were working against the good in us to further their own financial interests, and they were using the life of another person as leverage. The enemy turned this soul into a tool, and that tool needed to be snatched out of his hands. 

Pray this psalm when evil people have plans against you. It is so good! Here is an excerpt:

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. Psalms 35:4-6