For strangers have risen against me; ruthless men seek my life; they do not set God before themselves. Selah Psalm 54:3 – We learn from the header of this psalm that is was written concerning the time David’s whereabouts were told by the Ziphites to King Saul so he could find and kill David. The strangers and ruthless, godless men that David was speaking of in our verse above are referring to these Ziphites. So who exactly were these guys? Were they a people from some far off place that knew nothing of the Lord? Nope, in fact the Ziphites were a part of the nation of Israel and even from the same tribe as David (the tribe of Judah). The reason then David called them strangers wasn’t because he didn’t know them, but because they were acting in such a godless way that they seemed like a foreigner to him. For no people of Israel should act so godlessly, so to David they were as strangers. We too can find ourselves appearing as strangers to the faith. Scripture speaks clearly on how we should live and speak in this life, yet we can live counter to all that. When we live so far from the way scripture outlines we too can be seen as strangers to the faith. For followers of Jesus wouldn’t live in such sin, and followers of Jesus wouldn’t behave and speak that way. Would then your lifestyle be considered familiar or strange to that of how a believer ought to live? Would the church see your life and say “Brother” or “Stranger?” Think on the ways we see given in scripture for how a true Christian is called to live, and begin mirroring such examples in your life. We don’t want the church to call us stranger, or even worse, the Lord to say, “I never knew you.” I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3009
Question To Ponder: When was a time you felt like a stranger somewhere?
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