’Consider My Enemies’

‘Consider My Enemies’

Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Psalm 25:19

Christ is ever the Great Defender of His people. Throughout the Scriptures, we find instance after instance of God’s people encountering those who would do them harm, only to have Christ intervene at the critical moment to deliver them from their tormentors. Israel cried to God in their bondage in Egypt and God delivered them. At the Red Sea, He delivered a crushing blow to the Armies of Pharaoh. Against the Midianites and the Philistines, God moved to scatter them and to preserve his people. David had personal experience of such deliverance. Because he had seen God act on his behalf, David was not shy to make the appeal we find in the words of our text for today. He says, ‘Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.’ As spiritual people, we look to God to contend for us against our enemies. We may employ whatever earthly tools He places in our hands, and use whatever wisdom He grants us to deal with those who intend to do us harm but our confidence is in Him. As our King, Christ both rules and defends us. He restrains and ultimately will defeat all of His and our enemies. As we find ourselves surrounded by enemies, who would be glad to swallow us up, we appeal to Christ, Who is able to see all their evil designs and to deliver us from their clutches. Today, let us appeal to Christ, Who is Our Shield and Our Defender. Let us hope in Him Who is able to oppose all our enemies and to defeat them for His Own honor and glory. He will not fail us, now, or ever.

Our Great Shield and our Defender,
we rejoice that You act on our behalf to deal with all our enemies.
We rejoice that Christ, our Great King,
will be victorious over all of His enemies and all of ours.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning