Psalm 35:6

Psalm 35:6  

The angel of the Lord    

Have you had people in your life that you really didn’t like? Has that dislike turned to hatred? Have you ever pondered what it might be like to see them suffer the way they made you suffer? Has there been anyone who you wished dead? Those are thoughts that are probably best kept to ourselves but there is more than a hint of similar malice in this verse. David is imagining that his foes are lured on to a treacherous, narrow mountain path perhaps? The night is dark, the way is slippery and uncertain and he would love his enemies to be stuck on it. Furthermore, he would be even more satisfied if they were being pursued by a vengeful angel of the Lord, armed to the teeth and rapidly gaining ground. There’s no doubt in my mind what David hoped the outcome of such a pursuit would be!

Hopefully, we do not harbour such thoughts about another human being and if we do, it’s time to put them in God’s hands and let Him sort it. However, there are other enemies out there who are intent on harming God’s people and if you and I are being hounded by spiritual forces I think we can hope that their fate is the same as that described here. May they flee in terror from the angel of the Lord and may their end be calamitous. Dare we pray such a prayer? Are we being honest with the Lord about the danger and the intentions of our enemies if we do not? There have been times when I have felt such an overwhelming sense of dread and doom that I have quaked with fear, it is awful to be engulfed by the claws of the enemy. I now wish that I have been aware of these verses at such times; that’s the value of Bible Study and learning, we have God’s Word to fight back with. His enemies and our enemies can never stand against it. Hallelujah!

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