Mensa Otabil - God Is With the Righteous
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Psalm 14, verses 4 to 6: Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call on the Lord? There they are in great fear, for God is with the generation of the righteous. You shame the counsel of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge.
Now, if you look at the passage, it talks about two kinds of people: the children of men, who are also called workers of iniquity, and the godly. The children of men, or the corrupt ones, do not want God in their lives; they say there is no God. But the godly are those who seek God. The passage says that the ungodly eat up the godly; in other words, they attack and fight against the godly. The passage uses the image of eating them like bread.
What does that mean? It means that those who are ungodly, the workers of iniquity, the children of men, daily attack the righteous or the godly as they eat. It’s a daily thing; they constantly target those who are godly and righteous. The passage also says that they shame the poor. The poor here refers not just to those who lack money but also to the poor in spirit-those who acknowledge that they need God and recognize that they need Christ to live a righteous life. The Bible says that the ungodly try to put the poor to shame; they try to disgrace them and make fun of them.
Isn’t it amazing that people go out of their way to mock Christianity, God, and Jesus Christ, trying to profane and destroy the foundations of faith and make the righteous feel belittled? In the world we live in, there is a battle between the children of men, workers of iniquity, who are also called the corrupt or the fool, and the godly, the children of God. Those who are ungodly will try to eat up the godly, but that is not the end of the story. The Bible says that God is with the righteous.
People may try to belittle the righteous, but God is with them. The Lord knows those who are His, and He never leaves nor forsakes us; He is with us. God is able to turn the ridicule of our faith into a testimony. He can turn their mockery into a promotion, as He did many times in the Bible. When people mocked the righteous, God turned it in favor of the righteous and promoted them. We see this in the story of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar. God will vindicate you because the Lord is with you. If you are righteous and live for Him, people may try to eat you like bread and mock your faith, but God is with you, and He will honor His name in your life.
The second thing it says for the righteous is that God is our refuge; He is our safety and our hiding place. In the end, God will overturn the counsel of the godless. They may have high education, be placed in high positions, and have a lot of money, but God will overturn their counsel because their corruption will not destroy the righteous. As we saw in the book of Daniel and as we’ve been learning from Moses and Pharaoh, the power of God will always overcome the power of the enemy. Moses' snake swallowed up the snake of the ungodly, and the Lord will swallow up every tongue that rises in judgment against His people. For a moment, they may seem to be doing well and succeeding, but when God lifts up His hand, He brings down the proud and the haughty, causing His name to be glorified among the nations. May the Lord glorify His name in your life.
Let us pray. Say with me, «Heavenly Father, You are my safety against the ungodliness of our world. Overturn the counsel of the wicked. In Jesus' name, amen.»