MY PRAYER ALSO

 

 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. Psalms 7:9 (KJV)

 

            It is said that David does some wandering in this Psalm.  In fact some call this Psalm the “Wandering Ode.”  I have found that many of my prayers are wandering prayers, starting out on one topic then jumping to another only to wind up somewhere else.  Sometimes I feel it takes some wandering in my prayers to actually get to the place where true prayer takes place.  That is probably not so true for David because God saw fit to make this prayer of David part of The Holy Writ so I do not think we should say that any part is insignificant.  We should say that David covers several topics in this prayer.

            Something that really touches my heart right now is verse nine: “Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end.”  I looked up the definition of wickedness and was amazed at how many times the word “bad” and “evil” were used to define this word.  At this very moment there is much evil in this world.  It is not somewhere else.  It is here. 

            Oh God I pray also, with David, that the wickedness of the wicked would come to an end.  Many who are performing such wickedness are doing so in thy name.  Only you can bring an end to this.  They are saying evil things and imagining evil actions.  Some are doing evil things.  Killings and thefts are so common that there is no shock factor anymore.  Marriage has become a joke to many people today.  The people who are fighting most for marriage are same sex couples.  Lord, what is happening to us?  Our society has fallen so far, only you could possibly pick us up.  You have blessed us to live in a land of liberty but we have used that liberty to take sin to the lowest levels of morality.  Lord, I am pleading with you to let the wickedness come to an end.  I know that you love the sinner and I am not asking that you strike down the sinner; in fact, I pray that you save the sinner but I also know that you hate sin so would you let sin come to end.

            Lord there are those who still fight for right.  I pray that you would bless them and help them yea even empower them in the fight.  It seems that the devil has the advantage right now but I know that you are greater, more powerful, wiser and very much able to overcome the devil and bring his works to nothing.  You have done this before and I am praying that you will do it again.  I believe we are in the midst of a great “falling away.”  God, will you please lead us to a great “rising up!”

 

Yours in Christ,

 

Brother Randy Burtram

 

(Originally published January 27, 2019)