Watch Your Back!

Psalm 64:2-6

Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked,
    from the plots of evildoers.
3 They sharpen their tongues like swords
    and aim cruel words like deadly arrows.
4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent;
    they shoot suddenly, without fear.
5 They encourage each other in evil plans,
    they talk about hiding their snares;
    they say, “Who will see it?”
6 They plot injustice and say,
    “We have devised a perfect plan!”Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.

We often here the words, "watch your back!".  The idea is that one needs to be always looking in the rear view mirror to protect themselves.  If one can see their enemy they can protect themselves and even fight back, but when you get ambushed without warning you are in trouble.

The people David was fighting were constantly plotting their plans for his destruction.  He could really never be at peace, not knowing what was waiting around every corner and every turn.  Worst of all, his enemies think because what they are doing is done in secret, they won't get caught.  They think their human plans will never be discovered, even by God.  Though David feels very vulnerable, he trusts in a God who is bigger, smarter and more powerful than his enemies.  He says about this God,

But God will shoot them with his arrows;
    they will suddenly be struck down.
8 He will turn their own tongues against them
    and bring them to ruin;
    all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.
9 All people will fear;
    they will proclaim the works of God
    and ponder what he has done.

As believers we have an enemy that is trying to ambush us.  His name is the devil and he seeks to destroy us in cunning and baffling ways.  Paul reminds us in Ephesians that our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against principalites of this present darkness. Therefore he tells us to put on the "full armor of God". (Ephesians 6:12-13)

While Christians do not need to be paranoid about the evil one, we must realize that as we grow in Christ, we will face spiritual battles. But, "Greater is He who is in us, than He who is in the world."   1 John 4:4  God has got your back and His given you the Holy Spirit so you can discern when evil is in your midst.  





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