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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Psalms 55:1-11
Oppressed by wicked men who are pursuing him relentlessly, seized with anguish and the "terrors of death" (vv. 3, 4), the believer does not himself answer the "voice of the enemy"; he turns to God. This is what we must always do, rather than retaliate with vicious words – not to cry for vengeance as David does in these verses. From a prophetic point of view, the Psalms take us beyond the present time of grace to the days when the establishment of the Kingdom will only be possible by the judgment of evil. The wickedness of the world does not extend today to the depths it will reach in that terrible period. It is still restrained, kept in check by the presence of the Holy Spirit on the earth (2 Thessalonians 2:6-7). However, the characteristics described here are already manifesting themselves: violence and strife (v. 9), mischief and sorrow (v. 10), wickedness, deceit and guile (v. 11). The believer cannot feel himself at ease in such a world. Like the faithful remnant, he longs for the place of quiet rest (v. 6), for the Father’s house, which is his hope and the theme of his song: Green pastures are before me, which yet I have not seen; bright skies will soon be o’er me, where the dark clouds have been.
