There are certainly times when we look around us and see wickedness rotting out our culture and the people of the world. Often we see the wicked oppress or attack the righteous, perhaps at times for no other reason than to feel better about their own wickedness by influencing others to join them rather than call them out for their sin.
Pray for the plans of the wicked to be destroyed and the righteous to be elevated. For the LORD will not abandon His people. Pray for repentance in the wicked that they would turn from sin and humble themselves before the Lord.
The LORD Implored to Avenge His People.
1O LORD, God of vengeance,
God of vengeance, shine forth!
2Rise up, O Judge of the earth,
Render recompense to the proud.
3How long shall the wicked, O LORD,
How long shall the wicked exult?
4They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly;
All who do wickedness vaunt themselves.
5They crush Your people, O LORD,
And afflict Your heritage.
6They slay the widow and the stranger
And murder the orphans.
7They have said, “The LORD does not see,
Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”
8Pay heed, you senseless among the people;
And when will you understand, stupid ones?
9He who planted the ear, does He not hear?
He who formed the eye, does He not see?
10He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke,
Even He who teaches man knowledge?
11The LORD knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath.
12Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O LORD,
And whom You teach out of Your law;
13That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity,
Until a pit is dug for the wicked.
14For the LORD will not abandon His people,
Nor will He forsake His inheritance.
15For judgment will again be righteous,
And all the upright in heart will follow it.
16Who will stand up for me against evildoers?
Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness?
17If the LORD had not been my help,
My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence.
18If I should say, “My foot has slipped,”
Your lovingkindness, O LORD, will hold me up.
19When my anxious thoughts multiply within me,
Your consolations delight my soul.
20Can a throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises mischief by decree?
21They band themselves together against the life of the righteous
And condemn the innocent to death.
22But the LORD has been my stronghold,
And my God the rock of my refuge.
23He has brought back their wickedness upon them
And will destroy them in their evil;
The LORD our God will destroy them.
There is evil of many shades around the world. Some openly persecute and execute Christians, such as is common in some Muslim dominated countries. Others just constantly try to shame Christians for standing up for God’s instructions in life and pointing out sin in the society around them or for just refusing to participate in the sinful culture around them. They use lawsuits and lawmakers to discriminate against Christians living out their beliefs. They stir up anger and strife against businesses, calling for boycotts.
These same people are willing to murder unborn babies for their own selfishness and demand that it be free. They demand that Christians embrace and support and participate in homosexual marriage. They take no accountability for their own lives and just demand government pay them so they can buy what they have not earned.
Pray for repentance and revival. Pray for the righteous to rise up and be moved by God to take back our local, state, and national government proudly and without fear standing for and living out our beliefs. Then listen for how God wants you to be active and engaged in this revival and allow Him to direct you. Prepare yourself that if you are to serve Him, you will likely have to make changes in your own life and may likely face adversity and conflict… as He did.
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