Dearly beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, as we struggle against the world, the flesh, and the devil in this life, our vision narrows. We see only our own enemies. Even as we read about the king's struggle with the wicked in these beautiful psalms, we can still focus only on righteous vs. wicked. After all, we know this conflict of wicked vs. righteous. If you live an active life, if you are brought into contact regularly with other people, you have that struggle rubbed in your face. But into that tunnel vision Ps 36 shines with a reminder that the fight is not only wicked vs. righteous, but also wicked vs. Yahweh. The wicked are not just fighting us, but God as well. The psalm before us highlights that truth not so much by saying it in so many words as by structuring itself around the contrast of wicked vs. the LORD and then wicked vs. righteous. The wicked are juxtaposed with the LORD so that we can see more easily just how wicked they are. When we compare the rottenness of evildoers to the perfection of Jehovah, we learn to pray against their wickedness — and to see their final defeat.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
