You are not a God who takes pleasure
in evil; with you the wicked cannot dwell. (Psalm 5:4)
Sometimes circumstances in our life
may force us to think that God is on the side of our enemies, that he is
supporting evildoers. But here is what David realized in his walk with God-
that God does not take pleasure in evil and the wicked cannot dwell with him.
Regarding the wicked, the Bible has
much to say and most of it is condemnation:
The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash
their teeth at them; but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day
is coming. (Psalm 37:12, 13)
But the wicked will perish: The LORD's enemies
will be like the beauty of the fields, they will vanish - vanish like smoke.
(Psalm 37:20)
In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of foaming
wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink
it down to its very dregs. (Psalm 75:8)
The LORD watches over all who love him, but all
the wicked he will destroy. (Psalm 145:20)
The LORD watches over the alien and sustains the
fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. (Psalm
146:9)
The LORD sustains the humble but casts the wicked
to the ground. (Psalm 147:6)
The prophet Habakkuk was surprised
that God was punishing Israel by sending an even more wicked nation- the
Babylonians to persecute Israel. He could not understand God's intention about
this. Sure, Judah deserved to be punished, but why the wicked Babylonians? was
his question. God answered him in His own way telling him that He would deal
with the Babylonians in His own time. The prophet ends his book by declaring
that even if everything seems hopeless, he will never stop trusting God.
Well, there's a lesson for all of us
here. We need to "hope against hope" as Abraham did and wait for
God's deliverance. And come it will, sooner or later. There's no doubt about
that.
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