Psalm 2:3 When men grow in power and importance they predictably start to kick against long established rules and safeguards. They want to be remembered, they want the plaudits of people and to achieve “new things.” One way to do this is to question the wisdom of their ancestors, but some go further, they question the wisdom of God. They scoff at the Lord God and His anointed, “Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.” In their eyes the ways of the Lord are restrictive and faith is an inhibiting influence. God’s moral law is open to question and increasingly to be replaced with new laws that “liberate people” allowing excesses and the freedom of the individual. It is the same old Satan working his peculiar magic using the same old question, “Did God really say?” Rulers and leaders are both vulnerable and responsible and, as history shows, their answer to this question alone will determine the future of their people.
Psalm 4:1 Smear campaigns
Psalm 4:1 Smear campaigns The background to this Psalm is so familiar; David is being slandered and maligned by his detractors. It seems that some calamity has befallen the nation and the king is getting the blame! Lies are being told, a smear campaign has begun, and the reputation of the Sovereign is under threat. As usual, if something goes wrong, culpability is laid at the feet of the one in charge. David, quite rightly, turns to the Lord his God and prays for relief and for mercy. The Satan is a master of such campaigns and his emissaries gleefully turn on Christians in leadership positions although the whispering campaign can affect all of us. The whispering starts in our own heads, but it can also come from the lips of our detractors. It goes something like this: - You’re the reason it went wrong You messed up again You should have seen it coming Surely you know better You are not worthy You don’t know what you’re doing Someone else ought to be in c
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