Day 7: Psalm 7- Facebook Can = Dramabook

Good Morning,

Psalm 7 (Message)

A David Psalm

 ^1-2 God! God! I am running to you for dear life; the chase is wild.
   If they catch me, I'm finished:
      ripped to shreds by foes fierce as lions,
      dragged into the forest and left
      unlooked for, unremembered.

 ^3-5 God, if I've done what they say—
      betrayed my friends,
      ripped off my enemies—
   If my hands are really that dirty,
      let them get me, walk all over me,
      leave me flat on my face in the dirt.

 ^6-8 Stand up, God; pit your holy fury
      against my furious enemies.
   Wake up, God. My accusers have packed
      the courtroom; it's judgment time.
   Take your place on the bench, reach for your gavel,
      throw out the false charges against me.
   I'm ready, confident in your verdict:
      "Innocent."

 ^9-11 Close the book on Evil, God,
      but publish your mandate for us.
   You get us ready for life:
      you probe for our soft spots,
      you knock off our rough edges.
   And I'm feeling so fit, so safe:
      made right, kept right.
   God in solemn honor does things right,
      but his nerves are sandpapered raw.

 ^11-13 Nobody gets by with anything.
      God is already in action—
   Sword honed on his whetstone,
      bow strung, arrow on the string,
   Lethal weapons in hand,
      each arrow a flaming missile.

 ¹⁴ Look at that guy!
      He had sex with sin,
      he's pregnant with evil.
   Oh, look! He's having
      the baby—a Lie-Baby!

 ^15-16 See that man shoveling day after day,
      digging, then concealing, his man-trap
      down that lonely stretch of road?
   Go back and look again—you'll see him in it headfirst,
      legs waving in the breeze.
   That's what happens:
      mischief backfires;
      violence boomerangs.

 ¹⁷ I'm thanking God, who makes things right.
   I'm singing the fame of heaven-high God.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+7&version=MSG

The Fire Bible states that this is a Psalm that “serves as a model for all who are unfairly treated, falsely accused, or attacked by those who hate them” (904). The lion refers to Satan, demonic forces, etc. 1 Peter 5: 8 says to “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” “Therefore, it is always right to pray for rescue from the evil one.” (Fire Bible 904).

Verse 11 tells us that “nobody gets away with anything!” I believe that Facebook AKA “dramabook” is one place where the devil if often lurking, and there are so many doing his business. You don’t want to be like the ones who are having sex with evil (line 14). This passage describes what happens when “mischief backfires” and or you get into bed with sin and are “pregnant with evil”.

We don’t have to succumb to it, or join it. We can state rightly if we have been accused, and then STAY out of the drama.  Ultimately, our best line of defense it to take it to God, who is our defender and deliverer! Don’t’ forget verse 11: “Nobody gets away with anything!”; “God is the one who makes things right.” (verse 17).  I love the way this Psalm ends. David finds himself singing after he has worked through the fiery dart that was thrown at him amiss.

There is so much more one can receive from this passage, so dig in!

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