“Behold, God is my helper;
The Lord is with those who uphold my life.
He will repay my enemies for their evil.
Cut them off in Your truth.” ~ Psalm 54:4-5, NKJV
Without God truth has very little meaning and very little power. God, after all, is truth. He defines truth, He encompasses truth, and He empowers truth. He's what gives truth weight because truth is what He is. David suffered much injustice during the years he fled from Saul. Truth was buried. He wrote this psalm after the Ziphites informed on him to Saul, saying, “Is David not hiding with us?” So when David prays for the Lord to cut off his enemies in His truth, he is praying for justice; he is praying for God's laws to be manifested. Going against the ways of God is like violating a natural law. The penalty is usually built into the crime. Defy the law of gravity, and you will fall; defy the law that human beings cannot breathe water, and you will drown. Defy God's spiritual laws and the result is much the same. You bring upon yourself misery, death, and ultimately, separation from God (the definition of hell) as truth exacts its toll. David indeed suffered many trials during his years on the run, but he took comfort in the inviolable nature of God's truth. So can we.
by Rebecca...
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