Psalms 83:13-18
O my God, make them like whirling dust,
like chaff before the wind.
As fire consumes the forest,
as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,
so may you pursue them with your tempest
and terrify them with your hurricane!
Fill their faces with shame,
that they may seek your name, O Lord.
Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever;
let them perish in disgrace,
that they may know that you alone,
whose name is the Lord,
are the Most High over all the earth.
Truth: The world may conspire against God's people, but God is still in control
In Psalm 83 we read a prayer of the psalmist asking God to protect His people and thwart the plans of the wicked. Notice what the writer states early in the Psalm:
Psalms 83:2-4
For behold, your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate you have raised their heads.
They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your treasured ones.
They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”''
As in the past years of Israel, so today's society is plotting their plans against today's believer. Through their legal and political system the world thinks they can subdue and even eliminate the believing church of Christ. Yet, this Psalm, like many others, gives us great hope. God will not allow the believer to suffer beyond what God intends. We can, in perfect faith, rest in God's abiding presence and continuous care. In the days of Elisha the Syrians had come to destroy the nation of Israel. On one particular battle the Syrians had besieged a city, waiting for hunger, thirst and fear to take there toll on the inhabitants of the city. Yet, through prayer and faith, note what happens to the Syrians, the enemies of God's people:
2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us.”
As in our above Psalm 83, God sends the sounds of whirlwinds and blows them away like chaff in the wind. Why? For God's glory!! So that they might know the power of God!! God has a purpose and that purpose is to display His glory in all things. We can rejoice that God will protect us, because it is for His Glory to fulfill His Word.
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