Psalm 139:21

Psalm 139:21

Hating God's enemies

Remember what we said in v19? It’s right that we should seek to be at peace with all men and we should make efforts to put things right with our personal enemies. Family members, ex-friends, work colleagues, church members – all of these can annoy us just as we annoy them, we can even feel hatred towards them and if this happens, we need to take a hard look at ourselves and repent and then seek to repair the relationship. 

It’s another matter when people we meet or know exhibit genuine hatred towards God. There are whole countries, cultures and religions who have turned away from the one, true God and who worship material gods or pagan, false deities. It is very hard for us to have hearts of love for such people, and I can only applaud those who go out of their way to show compassion and mercy to God-haters. In truth, rebellion against our God is all around us today and there are so many traits and trends in our own society that take pride in abusing the name of the Lord and openly rejecting His commands and His guidance for mankind. This creates conflict in many Christians and so it should! David speaks for us all when he experiences strong reactions to the behaviour and words of those who hate the Lord God. We are not told to go and fight these people or to angrily take them on, but we are right to feel strong emotions and to abhor the way the speak about our Father and abuse His name. 

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