This past weekend ushered in the World Cup series and if you are like me, it is ho hum response because in the USA it isn’t soccer, but football that draws our attention. In both sports, we take sides and we want our side to win and their side to lose. It is dividing point and sometimes it becomes challenging to know who we should support. In the Christian walk it is similar in that we want our side, the God team, to win and their polar opposite, the Devil team to lose. In the midst of this we find the psalms of David reflecting these same refrains in poetic form.
The first five verses of psalm 64 reflect this as David recognizes the bad team’s words: “They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed, They plan how to hide snares, They devise unjust schemes; and more.” At the time, it seems as if they are winning but then David reflects: “But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow, their slander will bring about their demise.”
Here’s the truth: one day Jesus will return and this will be the end for the “bad guys.” Until then, we, like David, remind ourselves that even in the bad times, the good guys, the believers in Christ, will be the winners and the bad guys reign will be ended.
Which team are you on?
