- They hold fast to their evil purpose; they talk of laying snares secretly, thinking, “Who can see them?” Psalm 64:5 – David as he writes dwells on the reality that there were many who wanted him gone. This group we’ll call his enemies plotted in secret ways to destroy and take David out. David even describes a quality of his enemies’ evil plotting, they were steadfast in it. They didn’t let a speedbump or two keep them from their aim of destroying David. They didn’t let a pushback, difficultly, or struggle keep them from their purpose, they remained holding fast to their goal of taking David down. With then such a steadfast group of enemies, what could David do? He could hold fast even more so to His God than his enemies were holding fast to their evil purpose. The goal of David’s enemies and our enemy is to keep us from holding fast to the Lord for from the Lord comes all strength, joy, peace, and rest. All we need and more to live this life passionately for the Lord comes from a holding fast to the Lord. So…hold fast. Don’t be worried when you hear you have an enemy holding fast to his evil purposes for you. Let him hold fast, for as we see in this psalm our God can destroy the one seeking to destroy us and the result is the world pondering on all that God can do. How amazing is our God, so hold fast to Him always. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3477
- But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly. Psalms 64:7 – The enemy fights, but God fights back. Not only does He fight back, but He wins the match every single time. That’s the God who is with you and for you. Sure we have an enemy who is strong, but we have a God who’s stronger. Sure the enemy has power, but God has more. Remember what side we are on. We’re not on the losing side if we’re with Jesus. Scripture says we are more than conquerors through Christ. Let’s never forget that the God we worship fights for us against our enemy. That’s why we can walk in confidence rather than fear. So however the enemy is attacking you know God is bigger. God’s bigger than your fears, worries, struggles, sins, past, and doubts. How do you then need to reshape today how you see God? Thanks for walking with me through scripture these past thousand days, looking forward to another thousand! I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1000
- Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers…Psalm 64:2 – Let me encourage you, your enemy is plotting against you in secret and you’ll have no clue how, when, and from where the attack is going to come. I know, so encouraging! While that message may not uplift your heart, know this, while what your enemy is doing is secret to us, it’s not secret to God. We don’t know how he’ll attack, but God does. We don’t know when the attack will come, but God does. We don’t know from where it will originate, but God does. And with all this knowledge God is able to protect us from such attacks. He can be our shelter and our refuge when under fire because He knows where the fire is coming from and the sort of protection we truly need. So don’t let the lack of knowledge on your end about the enemy’s plans debilitate you from moving forward. Trust God is fully aware and full ready to take care of you every step you take. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2024
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