King David a Wise MAN

Psalm 41:4-13

“As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against you!”   My enemies say of me in malice, “When will he die, and his name perish?”  And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words, while his heart gathers iniquity; when he goes out, he tells it abroad.  All who hate me whisper together about me; they imagine the worst for me.  They say, “A deadly thing is poured out on him; he will not rise again from where he lies.” Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me.  But you, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them!  By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.  But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.   Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!” Amen and Amen.

King David was a very wise man that made some foolish choices, can you identify with him in that area?  This writer does more than he often would like to admit, my flesh wants you to see me as a smart person who walks in step with the Lord.  You may wonder why I call him wise because Scripture tells us about his many moral failures.  Because any person who comes to an understanding they have broken fellowship with God because of their trying to live life on their own terms, and confesses their sin with a broken and contrite heart, and restores fellowship, that is a wise person.   David was such a man, this writer wants to be wise in the eyes of God, and let the world consider me foolish, I only need the approval of my Lord.

I can only imagine how many people desire the authority of leadership and the power that comes with it when leading a nation.  And along with that desire comes much criticism, and as we see with President Trump many a person would throw a party if he got sick, and that is how evil rains in the heart of so many in our nation as was the case with King David.

We who follow Christ would be wise to stay in the word of God and not allow the world with its fears and hate, its desire, to have us conform to its ways and not God’s.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice