They Conspire Against Us! Psalms 81-83

Psalms 83:1-5 (ESV Strong's)
1 O God, do not keep silence;
do not hold your peace or be still, O God!
2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar;
those who hate you have raised their heads.
3 They lay crafty plans against your people;
they consult together against your treasured ones.
4 They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation;
let the name of Israel be remembered no more!”
5 For they conspire with one accord;
against you they make a covenant—

They Conspire Against Us!

God is well aware of the world around us.  God is not surprised that the world is out to destroy believers.  Whether that is the nation of Israel (as in the above text) or the Church of Christ.   The above Psalm has a theme, however, we need to recognize. Asaph, the writer, is crying out to God to not be silent.   God has no intent on being silent, of course.  We have much Scripture that tells us that God is actively engaged at protecting His children.   The prayer is more for the believe to recognize and honor God than it is for God to be woken from a slumber.   When we pray for protection from those who are charting out demise, we are not waking God from His nap.   We are waking ourselves to the truth that God is still in control.  Asaph is not making sure doesn’t miss this.  He is, in this prayer, acknowledging that God is for us.   The enemy is plotting a course for our certain destruction, as people of faith.  Yet, God wants us to recognize His sovereignty over the plans of evil men and give Him praise.   They lay “crafty plans.”  But, here is God’s response to those plots:

Psalms 2:1-6 (ESV Strong's)
The Reign of the LORD'S Anointed
1 Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”
4 He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6 “As for me, I have set my King
on Zion, my holy hill.”