I intended to respost one of the imprecatory Psalms this morning when I got to my computer. I discovered a friend had messaged me with Psalm 11, one of the few imprecatory Psalms I hadn’t used yet. It seemed to me that God chose this one today.
If the imprecatory Psalms make you uncomfortable, perhaps spend some time asking God to show you why. As an INFJ who is naturally always on team Truth and Justice, I find them comforting. They speak of the righteous anger I and many others feel when the wicked go unpunished in the earthly sense and give hope that God will act.
Following Jesus does not mean we tacitly approve of evil. It does not mean we allow it to continue and do not seek proper justice. We are staring in the face of great evil at this moment in history. Use these imprecatory Psalms when you pray to express your righteous anger and desire for godly justice to be done on earth.
Please do not default to the thinking that everything is just going to get worse so all we can do is hang on and hope to escape. That thinking has been a significant part of the downfall of Christianity in the United States and, therefore, the crisis we now face in the United States of America. We must choose to live, act, and pray each day with the expectation that our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will live to see old age. To do anything else is to fail them on this earth and destine them to unfathomable misery.
Psalm 11
In the LORD I take refuge.
How then can you say to me:
“Flee like a bird to your mountain!
For behold, the wicked bend their bows.
They set their arrow on the string
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.
If the foundations are destroyed,
what can the righteous do?”
The LORD is in His holy temple;
the LORD is on His heavenly throne.
His eyes are watching closely;
they examine the sons of men.
The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked;
His soul hates the lover of violence.
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur;
a scorching wind will be their portion.
For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice.
The upright will see His face.
Berean Standard Bible
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James 3
I just came here from the website of a semi-deconstructed Christian who was writing about someone’s novel re-interpretation of one of the major books of the New Testament.
It’s novel because no one ever has dared to be wrong in that particular way before; the foundation is very poor.
The wicked rejoice in separating these Christians from the rest of the Body.