Living Life by Design

In Psalm 109, David cries out to God ‘whom I praise’ (v.1). He is in conflict with ‘wicked and deceitful people who have opened their mouths against’ him (v.2) with ‘lying tongues’ (v.2) and ‘words of hatred’ (v.3): ‘They repay me evil for good and hatred for my friendship’ (v.5). This is a great starting place for our topic today.

What is right? 

What is wrong?

There are many who now say that there are no absolutes. It’s more complex than that. Right & wrong are about an individuals feelings…their perception. In school our children are taught that they should be free to make their own, individual choices. They can be who they want to be…they can do whatever they feel is right and whatever they choose must be acceptable to everyone else.

Today, when you ask a simple question like, ‘define what a women is’, the response you get is, “exactly”, or a women is “a constellation.” God created “man” and “women”, nothing more and nothing less. A hundred years from today, if my bones were dug up, an anthropologist could easily say I was a man. Science recognizes male or female, just as God made us. However, when one tries to make that distinction, they are laughed at. People roll their eyes, become violent and call out…racist or homophobe! 

In Galatians 5:7-9, the writer says; “You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough.”

Until we come together and again recognize that there are indeed absolute truths (Gods truth) in this world, we are doomed to traverse a path that will lead to the absolute destruction of the moral fiber that holds together our great nation.

God made everyone male or female. He defined right and wrong. We all know the difference between up & down, north or south, or right or left. God gave us absolutes for a reason. We should all open our eyes and recognize this.

David’s response in Psalm 109 was to bring his pain, frustration and struggles to God. In the midst of it all he declares, ‘I am a man of prayer’ (v.4), and he pours out his heart to God. In no uncertain terms he calls on God.

Unless we become men & women of prayer, I fear for our children, and grandchildren and the world they will inherit…