“Have respect unto the
covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of
cruelty.” (Ps 74:20
AV)
This
is a perfect description of the condition of the world today. I am amazed at just how much wickedness the
world contains. It’s not even hidden in
a corner any longer. It is brazen and
out there. What is even worse is are
those who hate God are now making a concerted effort to make their sin
personal. The wicked wish to consume the
righteous. This has always been the case. But we are told that the closer we get to the
end times, the more pronounced this becomes.
Hence the first half of this verse.
The Psalmist is reminding the Father of the covenant which He made with
Israel. He is reminding the LORD that if
something is not done, the wicked will make null and void the covenant with the
righteous. This a good prayer. This is a fair prayer. This should be the prayer of God’s people
today.
David,
twice in the Psalms, asks the LORD to rescue His darling from the power of the
enemy. Once, in Psalm twenty-two, it is
the power of the dogs. Or, the power of
the world. Then, in Psalm thirty-five,
it is the power of the lion. Or, the power
of Satan. Our flesh will die
regardless. Our flesh is a defeated
enemy. The world and the devil are
not. Psalm twenty-two is a prophetical
Psalm regarding the crucifixion of Christ.
What it means for us is slightly different. The church is called the Bride of
Christ. We are the darling of the
Savior. The dogs and the lions are cruel
to us as well. Perhaps not as they were
to Christ. But they are still cruel. We need to pray the prayer for deliverance. God did not suffer the Holy One to see corruption. Any power the dogs or lions may have had was
temporary at best. Death and
resurrection were the rescue. For us it
is no different.
The
dogs and the lions have their day. This is
their day. It ends when Christ returns
to earth and sets up His kingdom. The
devil will be imprisoned. The world will
be ruled with a rod of iron. The enemies
of God’s darling will be defeated. Until
then, the dark places will be infested with the workers of iniquity. What we need to pray is the LORD honor His
covenant with His Darling and rescue His Darling from the influence of the dogs
and the lions that we might be what He desires for us to be. It is time for all this to end. It is time for the LORD to take back what is
rightfully His. We are the bride. We are the people of God that reign with
Christ. It is He that fights the
battle. Even so, LORD, Amen.
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