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GOD’S WORD AGAINST THE PROUD
LORD’S DAY, MARCH 3
Psalm 119:121-122

Psalm 27:7-14

 

“…thou hast been my help;
leave me not, neither forsake me,

O God of my salvation.”

 

GOD’S WORD AGAINST THE PROUD
 
The proud oppress by defrauding others. They are deceitful, and they corrupt the simple and the meek. They do violence if things do not go their way. They are abusers of people’s rights and property. Authorities cannot prevent them for they are powerful. They hold positions that rule and overrule what is just and righteous in order to achieve their ungodly desires. They are proud and they oppress the servants of God, for they serve their bellies and lust after power and authority.
 
Leave me not: In the eyes of the world, the people of God are powerless. They do not fight back or oppose their oppressors. They remain meek and silent like their Lord and Saviour. Yet, they have a shield and protector that is mighty. Nothing can challenge their Refuge, so believers run to Him and seek His help and deliverance. The psalmist knows this very well. He cries to his God to “leave me not to mine oppressors” (Ps 119:121). He is aware that God allows him to experience such oppression that he may know he cannot do anything against the proud. But he has the Lord of hosts who can intervene. He has to ask for help from Him alone, for no one can keep him in safety except God who is Almighty.
 
Be my surety: The psalmist trusts God’s security. God will be his surety. He humbly acknowledges he is God’s servant. Should the proud continue to oppress him, his service unto the Lord will be hindered. So he seeks the Lord’s deliverance not for him to be at ease and live in pleasure, but to delight in serving God fully and faithfully.
 
The proud are energised by the enemy to demoralise God’s servants. The works of the Lord will be despised. They are arrogant to claim that they have achieved success with their wisdom and strength. They underestimate the labour of God’s labourers as having no fruit at all.
 
Dear reader, we cannot do anything without God. Seek God’s help to keep us humble and serve Him with the assurance that He will say to us, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant…” (Matt 25:21).
 
THOUGHT: Where do I go when oppressed by proud people?
PRAYER: Father, grant me the longing to be in Thy presence always so that when the proud oppress, Thou indeed will be my surety.

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