Your Enemy Has an Agenda Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies? Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up? Psalms 83:2 NLT If there is one thing to be learned from this Psalm, its that the enemy has an agenda. The Psalmist enumerates the ways that Gods enemies array themselves against Him. They make a tumult, they lift up their head, and they take crafty counsel. They form a confederacy, and they conspire, conspire, conspire. Make no mistake; the enemies of God are busy. Thats a reality we need to be awake to, because Gods enemies are also our enemies, and the sooner we understand our enemy has an agenda, the better. C.S. Lewis once remarked, Regarding the Devil we make one of two mistakes. We give him undue attention or we ignore him altogether. Psalm 83 protects us from making the second of these mistakes. Its the wise Christian who is on watch against the enemys agenda and advances. This doesnt mean theyre preoccupied with a devil lurking under every rock or being behind everything that disagrees with them. They dont live in fearful apprehension of the enemy. But they are alert enough to identify his attacks when they do occur. And just as importantly, they know enough to take refuge in their Mighty Protector, because they know the battle belongs to Him. God wants us to be preoccupied with Him, not Satan. But that doesnt mean we meander mindlessly and naively unaware of the battle plans that have been drawn up against us. We honor the Lord by being wise as serpents (Matthew 10:16), and a big part of that is being aware of our enemys agenda. O Protector of our soul, fill us with wisdom that allows us to see our enemys agenda, and prompts us to take refuge in You. Its the wise Christian who is on watch against the enemys agenda and advances.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:19:45 +0000
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