Many churches throughout the world use a Bible reading schedule called a "lectionary." It's just a fancy word meaning "selected readings." Posts like this reflect on the readings for an upcoming Sunday or other Church holiday, as found in the historic one-year lectionary.
It's easy to take a snippet of Scripture like Psalm 56:3-4 and use it as an easy platitude. Maybe we could go to the Avocation Foyer store or some such place and find it plastered on a picture of someone praying.
I don't want to undervalue the fear and trembling with which some people approach life on a daily basis. Some of it may be nearly invisible. Not all enemies are those described in the Psalm, people who are involved in attack, oppression, stalking, and attempted murder. The enemies, especially the spiritual enemies, who hide in our thoughts and our fears are genuine enemies as well.
However, this Psalm addresses the fears we have of visible enemies who can be clearly defined due to their overt attempts to slander and kill.
When the enemy comes to your house intent upon destroying the house and killing everyone in it, what is the godly response according to Psalm 56? It is not a response of fear. It may be a response of running out of the back door and hiding while the enemy comes in through the front door. But it isn't fear.
Those enemies might be able to kill you. It's their intent. However, God's presence is greater than any enemy. He is the one who is worthy of praise. He's the one who can protect you from eternal harm. Even if they kill my body, I am perfectly safe in Christ, who has promised to be the resurrection and the life, the one who will raise my body and reunite it with my soul in eternity.
In God there is no fear. Whether the enemies are visible or invisible, there is no fear. He is able to keep us forever.
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