Psalm 5

Psalm 5

Can you imagine that there is a place for the wicked in our lives?

We are sometimes like little children who wish that bad people would go away like rainy days when we want to play. But there is a role or use for the wicked person in our lives. Because of the wicked, we can be led in the right way. In verses 1-3, David focuses on morning prayers. He wants his life ordered. What is the source of his distress? Evil people

In verses 4-7, David looks at evil people, and how does he respond? With worship! Have we ever thought of evil people as a prompt to worship God? In a world of evil, our response can and ought to be to worship.

In fact, in verse 8 we see the evil calls David to want to be in the ‘right way’. Often our approach to evil is to become angry or harsh, to plan a campaign to oppose them, or to try to beat them at their game. David sees the evil, but notes it is against God ultimately. For us, evil should want us to pursue and desire what is right. For example our response to hate should always be love.

Righteousness is so powerful that in verses 11 and 12 we see that in the delight of God's company, evil is all but forgotten. 

“Lord, turn even the darkness of evil to be a reason to worship You. AMEN”