Key Verse: “MY ENEMIES CANNOT SPEAK A TRUTHFUL WORD. Their deepest desire is to destroy others. Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. THEIR TONGUES ARE FILLED WITH LIES.”(v.9)
Key Theme: An Appeal for Protection from Evil Liars/Media. (SURROUNDED BY FAVOR?)
Key Descriptives of God: Destroyer of Lies (v.6). Detester of Murdering Deceivers (v.6). Surrounder with Favor Like a Shield (v12).
What a Psalm this is! So much of David is better understood in the light of present matters. Again someone like our president could so identify with what is expressed here. David begins with “O Lord HEAR ME” which is a frequent starting place for him. The theme of this chapter is how liars of influence have just drained David. His second line is “Pay attention to MY GROANING”. His next line, “Listen to MY CRY for help”. Fake and sinister media has mighty King David in knots. Maybe reporters of his day are accusing him of doing what they are in fact doing. Maybe they are suppressing the good things David is doing for the people by again bringing up Bathsheba. Perhaps they have some fake popularity polls that show his approval rating way below what it is. Perhaps they have interviewed a disgruntled family member who opportunistically sees a chance to make a name for himself/herself. Whatever it is, we have David literally groaning and crying for help because of his own “swamp” of wicked people and the aligned false reporting.
I think even without being at the king/president position many of us can identify with the exceeding frustration of “fake news”, the censoring of cures, the misinforming and disinforming with manipulated statistics, the “plandemic”, lies in situation after situation where it literally feels like “the swamp” duo of media and political elite “cannot speak a truthful word”. I have been there frequently in recent months as well and have been infuriated with it. The good news is God hates it too and “will destroy those who tell lies” (v6). This Summer this too will be evidence of “His face shining upon us.”
“You will destroy those WHO TELL LIES. The Lord detests murders AND DECEIVERS.” (v.6) “O God, declare them guilty. Let them be CAUGHT IN THEIR OWN TRAPS.” (v.10)
Meanwhile, let’s just finish today’s focus by reading David’s encouragement in this Psalm 5.
“Because of your unfailing, I can enter your house; I will worship at Your Temple with deepest awe.” (v.7) This is how David handled his distress at the lying and the murdering and we are invited to do the same.
“LEAD ME in the right path, O Lord, or my enemies will conquer me. MAKE YOUR WAY PLAIN FOR ME TO FOLLOW.” (v.8) What a great prayer. Still the absolute dependence on God we always see from David. The guy that can kill Goliaths doesn’t lean on “greater is He that is in me!” with the emphasis being “that is IN ME”. He remains strong and with giant-killing capabilities as he focuses on the “GREATER IS HE” portion. It is why he asks the Lord for a pathway that is easily recognizable as the right one. Rather than “Can You give me discernment for the right path?” David asks for what I like to ask for “Can You just make it plain?”
“But let all who TAKE REFUGE IN YOU REJOICE; let them sing JOYFUL praises always. Spread your protection over them, that all who love your name may be FILLED WITH JOY” (v.11) Joy is available despite all “the swamps” murder and lying- just find a “joyful praise” to get there. Don’t stop until you are FILLED with joy. It can happen even in a storm. Can you imagine knowing all about “the deep state” and their full treachery and yet being FILLED WITH JOY? Like David, we can shift our focus. See one too many videos on the Soros/Gates clan and its’ fruit will be HELPLESSNESS and GROANING. See the “bigger than” God and its fruit will be HOPEFULNESS and being FILLED WITH JOY. David is our teacher here.
Finally, David closes out this chapter with an amazing promise even during a season of contradiction.
“For surely, O Lord, YOU BLESS the just; You surround them with Your favor as with a SHIELD.” What a revelation! THE BLESSING He has available for us can be a SHIELD! When it looks like we are surrounded by evil we can magnify and find Him who can have us SURROUNDED WITH FAVOR — and it is a defense against it all. Marxism, Communism, New World Order, Globalism, Socialism, ANTIFA, Open Society- ALL get’s blocked when He surrounds with favor. “His face shining upon us” is no little thing. Intercessors, perhaps you can pray more into this for our president and our nation.
Written by: Johnny Enlow
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