Today's encouragement comes from Psalm 35:26, where we read these words:
"Let them be ashamed and brought to mutual confusion who rejoice at my hurt; let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who exalt themselves against me."Regenerate Christian churchmen may offer this prayer, though it is highly politically-incorrect; and it might (wrongly) be construed as self-serving. Those who are true to Jesus are not perfect—but that is not the issue. The situation David faced (above), and which we face even today, is this: we *are* attacked by those who seek to destroy the gospel and the church, (and these assailants may even claim some stake in Christianity).
Are we, by grace, faithful churched followers of Christ? Then, let us take up sword and shield. Let us be hard on our own sins, but let us not make this an excuse for being too easy on God's enemies.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Nothing is so certain as that which is certain after doubts.” —Richard Sibbes, in, "The Bruised Reed"]
