For without cause they hid their net for me; without cause they dug a pit for my life. Psalm 35:7 – I learned today that this sort of psalm is called an “Imprecatory” psalm, which means it’s a psalm where the writer is pleading for God to defeat the enemies of His people. David clearly is pleading for this to take place in this psalm, enemies are fighting against him and tearing at him like he was a piece of meat at a feast. Twice in our verse above we also learn that this evil was coming against him “without cause.” We see that idea again in verse 19 when it says, “who hate me without cause.” This violence towards David wasn’t because of David’s sinfulness or evil towards the attackers, it was fueled by some other reason that David had no hand in creating. When uninvited evil like this comes our way without cause, we to can find ourselves confused like David. Why did they say that about us, or why did they take that from us, or why did they treat us like that…all when we did nothing to invite such evil. Sadly, such may be our story as we follow Jesus in this broken world. Take peace though remembering you aren’t alone in being treated unfairly like this. David himself navigated this, and even Jesus, in John 15:25, refers back to this very psalm saying He too was finding Himself hated without cause. Like David and like Jesus, when hatred is coming our way without cause, find shelter and support in the Father. Cast your cares upon Him for the Lord cares for you. While the evil is uninvited, we can always invite the Lord to be with us in our difficult seasons. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2990
Question To Ponder: Why might the Lord allow such evil to come to a faithful believer’s life?
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