April 19

I am reminded today that God will take up my cause! In Psalm 7, David freely invites the Lord to judge him if he has done wrong. This group of Psalms are written from the perspective of someone who is being troubled but has done nothing wrong. It is refreshing to me to see that God will take up my cause and defend me. The trouble isn’t from God, the trouble is from my enemy and God will rescue me from my enemy. God is on my side.

The verse that really spoke to me today is; “He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment. He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made. The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.” This not only reminds me that those who perpetrate evil will be rewarded with evil, but it reminds me that this principle will work in MY LIFE too! As I think about it, I can’t remember the last time I plotted evil or conceived trouble for someone. However, I have caused trouble for people with a sharp word, or a lack of care and love, and even reacted poorly become unrighteously angry. The life in these verses is the spiritual principle that I DON’T want working in my life – my words, my anger, my _________ (fill in the blank) will recoil on me!

Oh God, deliver me from myself. May my mouth be your mouth and my ways your ways. May I dispense love, compassion and forgiveness to all those around me.