Evildoers

How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law, in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed. Psalm 94.12-13

The easy access to what is happening all over the world through the internet can give the impression that the world is worse than ever. Bad news always seems to travel quickly. Much of the good that is happening goes unnoticed.

In Psalm 94, the author questioned when God would deal with the proud and the wicked who were spewing out threats and speaking defiantly. Evildoers were boasting as they oppressed God’s people. They were killing orphans and widows who were weak and helpless. They determined that God did not see what they were doing. Evildoers do not want to acknowledge that a day of judgment is coming.

God sees everything that is done. He hears everything that is said. There will be no escape for the one who does evil.

However, God instructs his people on how to act and how to live during such times in order to protect them during times of trouble. Not wanting anyone to perish, his desire is that all people come to repentance, 2 Peter 3.9.

by Vicki Matheny

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