"Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies."
Psalms 108:12-13
I like the idea that God is our help, even when other help turns out to be useless. God is there even when nothing else is. That last part of this selection sounds sort of violent, but I don't think that God means it to encourage hatred of, or a desire to beat down, our enemies, or even encourage us to have enemies really. He asks us to love our enemies, after all, and when we love them, hopefully they stop being enemies at some point.
I think one important part of this is that God is in charge of all of it. He can help us, and he can make things right, when no one else can. He is the ultimate answer to every concern. Whatever we need, or whatever side we are on in the meeting of enemies, he will know what to do and how to help.
Today, let's trust God to make things right, with mercy and justice, even when we as people are failing each other in so many ways.
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