August 25, 2025

When you are having a rough time, there is nothing better than to read a psalm that gives you hope that God will avenge you and trample on your enemies. As much as I love the psalms, I realize that they were written under the Old Covenant, since we are redeemed from that covenant, our prayers and songs to God should sound a little different. We should glorify Jesus with our words rather than speak so harshly against others who may also be God’s children. If you’re not there yet, it’s okay. At some point, God will open your eyes and reveal His heart to you, and you will begin to pray differently. God sees everything your opponent has done to you, but if you have any inequity, He will chastise you first, and then He will demolish anyone who rejects Him and causes you problems. If you look back on the history of Israel, God would use their enemies to bring them back to Him, but the ones who gave them the trouble would face severe consequences for what they did to His people. We are His people. If your enemy is tormenting you, make sure you do an assessment to ensure you are not in the wrong in any way, then reach out to God for relief. 

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. Psalms 83:16-18