Jesus commands us to love our enemies. The Old Testament tells us that the greatest commandment is that we love the Lord our God with all of our heart, soul, and might 1 and our neighbor as ourselves. Sometimes our neighbor is an enemy. At first blush, the prayer of Psalm 7 appears to violate these commands to love our neighbors, including those who are our enemies.
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Whether I am politically a radical left-wing progressive, a centrist, a radical right-winger, or anything in between, what I really want and what my political philosophy is trying to achieve is a good government that will provide the best for me and the society to which I belong. I believe we all want the same outcome of peace and prosperity, all people loving and treating one another accordingly. That would solve the problems of humanity at a certain level. We would have no homelessness, no poverty, and no starvation. Couldn’t we all say Amen to a government like that? Don’t we all want those kinds of results?
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I think I am safe in saying that anyone who walks with the Lord for any length of time has experienced some period of spiritual separation. It is not abnormal.
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If you are to live through a major earthquake or tornado, or hurricane, you’d better be anchored to a solid foundation of some sort.
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Psalm 90 is a prayer of Moses in which he acknowledges God for who he is and complains that the Lord disciplines Israel. He pleads for the favor of God. In the middle of this prayer is a glistening jewel to be mined for our personal and familial wealth. It is the prayer request in verse fourteen, quoted above. I want to break down this powerful one-sentence prayer and open up some of the riches in this single sentence.
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Our worldview determines our relationship to reality. If we have a Biblical worldview, we will understand that God’s steadfast love determines the outcome of our lives.
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