PSALM CHAPTER 7

When we decide to accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior the war really begins. The devil has know need to put adversity in front of us if we have not yet chose a side. When we are in the "recruiting" faze things in our lives are pretty much on a even keel between the good and bad... wait until you choose God! The moment you chose God here comes the whole kitchen sink. The devil will try everything in is bag of tricks to get us to turn our back on God and our birth right which is the blessing. "O Lord my God, in you do I take refuge; and deliver me, lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces, with none to deliver." You do not know what is in store for you when you chose God, it is right here for us to read in Psalm 7. How do we attack it? Well the first thing we do is ask God for direction, we ask if we did anything to bring this grief upon our home, not to blame ourselves but to take ownership to what we had done similar to David and Bathsheba. We have to understand that accepting the Lord does not give us free rein to do what we please then repent asking the Lord to make it all better. No, we must be accountable and willing to suffer the consequences of our Father just as any believer or non believer. When we do find the root of our current problem and truly ask for the Lord to intervene then he will come full force to counter any primitive attack that the devil has set forth. Psalm 7 says, "lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies;" He will handle that we need not worry, but He also warns, "The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, according to the integrity that is in me." We must be careful in how we interact with others because yes the devil will attack us, but it may be the Lord trying to get through to us as well. If we are not living right the Lord will not hesitate to get our attention as well! He expects more of us because we know better! The non believer has an "excuse" for the simple fact he is ignorant to the word. What is our excuse as believers? We know the word yet we still do as we please. The devil will hit us with the gambit when we chose the blessing but we too must stay righteous to insure that God does not have to intervene and get our attention. Life is hard enough so it is no need to begin a two front war with good and one side evil on another and you alone in the middle. Repent in all negative transgressions so you have God's full arsenal at your disposal to fight the devil.