There is a bumper sticker that reads something like this: “Stress: It’s what’s experienced when resisting the urge to choke the living _ _ _ _ out of someone that otherwise so richly deserves it.”
God’s Word tells us that vengeance is His (Romans 12:19)—He repays, so you don’t have to worry about that—“no” to worry means “yes” to peace.
After discussing this concept in Psalm 35, David goes on to offer rationalization, so that God will be won over to his way of thinking—and who of us don’t do that ourselves?
By lining up our petitions with God’s will from the start, we eliminate the stress (and hence lack of peace) that goes along with not doing so.
Toward the end of this chapter, the psalmist further petitions the Lord for future deliverances desired.
It’s like my job. I ask people if they want to supply an email address for “future updates and other offers”.” Their email address (should they give it) is used solely within the company itself. I have no agenda in asking that question except that I may keep my job.
Yet, when most people hear the question, they go into an oral dissertation about why they don’t give it out. A simple yes or no would suffice—I never asked for their life story to begin with.
If these same people took a moment to reflect on the quality service they’ve received to this point, they wouldn’t feel the need to justify their answer.
Why stress yourself with extra verbiage and the anxiety as to whether or not it will be well received? Let your yes be yes and no, no—for the greatest amount of peace available.
That’s how we are concerning God’s promises, and the best way to correct that behavior is this: The next time you feel motivated to be that way with God, remember His past faithfulness to fully accomplish His will in you—even if it isn’t the way you’ve demanded that it be done.
This is true peace.
b(Les)sings
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