“Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from Thy testimonies.”
Word for law - testimonies; David continues to evaluate the situation at hand. It is good to know why things are the way they are. Many are my persecutors and mine enemies - the personal pronoun, ‘my’ and ‘mine’ reflect the two sides of this conflict; The old saying goes, ‘There is two sides to everything’. The reality of this is before us all around. There is day and night; east and west; north and south; here and there; up and down; in and out; light and darkness. These are the physical realities that everyone is found in one place or the other. Spiritually it is the same. There is lost and saved; heaven bound or hell bound; in the Lord or away from the Lord; with God or against God; holy or sinner; child of God or child of the devil; heavenly or earthly. Every soul is one or the other. Christ declares the truth of this world to us; it is a painful truth: ‘There is the broad and wide path that leadeth to destruction and many there be that go therein. There is a the straight and narrow way that leadeth to everlasting life and there be few that find it.’ Oh, the thoughts of this plague me day in and day out. Why must it be so? Why must men be so hardened and exercise love of sin over love of the Savior? Why does no one consider eternity in this generation? All we see around us in our town, in the work place, in the schools, in our nation and yes, even in the church is lost people. Good in their own eyes, religious at best, but lost in sin. David sees the multitude that are against him, ‘Many are. . .’ Yes, there is more of the wicked around us than saved righteous people in our midst. Yet, I see the righteous playing with fire by going to sit down with the enemies of our Lord and playing with them. They will cut your throat in a moment, for they are on one side and you on the other.
Yet, if you wish to play with fire, you will get burnt. David, however, recognized, who was for him and who was against him. Are you able to recognize the enemy? ‘Many are my persecutors and my enemies’ is still true for us today. It was true for David. It was true for Christ and is still the spoken word in heaven. Many are they that are against the ways of God and against God Himself. And if we be for Christ, then they are against us. Too many try to play the middle, straddle the fence. This is not possible with the things of God. Back to our beginning, either you are for Him or against Him. Be wise in this! Know who people are. Sometime the most direct way is the best way, ‘ARe you a Christian?’ Now don’t be content with a simple ‘yes’. Know that there are other things to ask and perceive. ‘Wolves dress in sheep’s clothing’ remember. Satan casts himself as an angel of light sometimes. Bind together with those that stay the course, running the race well. Flee from wicked, religious, emotional people they are apart of the ‘many’ that go away from Christ.
The test of time is the best means to know if they are apart of the many or the few. ‘They went out from us, for they were not of us.’ Endurance throughout years and decades prove the true hearted soldiers of Christ. And few there be of these.
Yet, do I not decline from Thy testimonies - despite there being many of them, David is resolved to walk rightly; This is to be our declaration as well.
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