Thursday, October 11, 2012

It's time to pray Psalm 94!


It's time to pray Psalm 94!

All of us are feeling the weightiness of the season we are in.  As stewards of the destiny of our nation we will pray, we will speak, we will work and we will stand.  I was quickened to read Ps. 94 this morning.  This is an imprecatory prayer given by the Psalmist.  An imprecatory prayer is common in scripture, it is prayer that asks God directly to bring righteous judgement (evaluation) to His enemies because only He knows the hearts of man fully, their motives and their deeds. Here are a few directives from this prayer warrior of the Old Testament that are instructive for us today....and that I am praying!

(side note: We are standing on solid ground when we petition God and agree with Him to judge wickedness in civil government and to promote and bless the righteous. It is not about a party...it is about those who intentionally align themselves with a throne of destruction instead of with King Jesus. See verse 20 and Ps. 2)

Psalm 94

v2 Rise up O Judge of the earth; pay back the proud what they deserve.

they pour forth arrogant words...they crush...they slay...they murder....they have said the Lord does not see....He who instructs the nations will He not rebuke?...

v13 “..grant him (the righteous) relief from the days of adversity until a pit is dug for the wicked.”

v15 Judgment again will be righteous and all the upright in heart will return to it.

V16 – 17 Who will stand up for me against evil doers..who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness? If the Lord had not been my help my soul would have dwelt in the abode of silence.


V20 – 23 Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, one which devises mischief by decree?

They band themselves together against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

But the LORD has been my stronghold, And my God the rock of my refuge. He has brought back their wickedness upon them and will silence them in their evil; The LORD our God will silence them.

Pray in and around this Psalm and we will together watch the hand of the Lord at work in this season.

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