Why? Their oracle is speaking

Yesterday, we spoke about the “peoples” and the “they” of Psalm 33:10b-11 and how they devise their own thoughts and plans concerning you and the ministry God has assigned to you. We learned that what they think and plan has no power over us because God causes their plans and thoughts to be of no effect.

Continuing in this theme for further deliverance. Today, we answer the question many of you may have asked or are asking. Why? Why do they treat me like this? Why do they hate my righteous cause? I’ve been so good to them. I’ve supported the ministry God has given them. I’ve prayed countless hours for them to prosper. I thought they loved the Lord like me . . . why are they like this? Why? Why? Why?

Psalm 36:1 holds the answer:

“TRANSGRESSION [like an oracle] speaks to the wicked deep in his heart. There is no fear or dread of God before his eyes.”

See the prophetic ministry is a great threat to the kingdom of darkness. So he and his imps hurl accusations and javelins to wear us out and keep us out of God’s face. What are they really trying to stop . . . you? Oh no, the oracle of God within you. The word God has impregnated you with and the fire in your belly.

Now, what I’m amazed at is the very thing they are after is the very thing driving them. An oracle is speaking to them too, but it’s a counterfeit oracle. Remember, Satan is still bent on being like God. So while God is speaking to you, he is speaking to them. It’s the things he utters that drives them, and I don’t know about you, but it’s what God utters that drives me.

The oracle Satan has spoken causes them to transgress (meaning do something knowingly and purposely wrong against God). The oracle he speaks to them penetrates deep into their heart. They have entertained and even conjured up this false oracle for so long they no longer hesitate to act on what he’s speaking to them. They no longer despise or reject evil. Dare I say their conscience has been seared with a demonic iron, and their love has waxed cold. There is no fear or dread of God in them.

They believe lies like their father, the devil. They flatter themselves like their father, the devil. They are so deceived they even believe God doesn’t see them and that they won’t be found out. They are walking in ungodly wisdom and no longer in God’s wisdom. While you are sleeping, they lie in their bed planning the next act wrong against God and his anointed . . . you.

Now you know! Now you know their nature and what’s driving them . . . hence, the why is answered.

What does God say about all this? Three things:

1) I have javelins to draw out too (Psalm 35:3)

2) My mercy, loving-kindness, and faithfulness extends to the skies and clouds. My judgments are like the great deep. I preserve man and beast (Psalm 36:5-6). So, what should our posture be? As led, heap coals of fire on their head with acts of kindness. Rest in the fact that we don’t always comprehend God’s mercy, loving-kindness, faithfulness, or judgment, but He is acting on our behalf and on the behalf of what’s right and best for His children.

3) Soon God shall crust Satan under His feet (Romans 16:20). Selah on that the next time they transgress in your direction against God!

I pray that God will anoint your eyes with His eye salve that you may see them and these situations in the Spirit and in the way He sees them. I pray that God’s precious and steadfast love surround you like a blanket and become your refuge. I pray you learn to trust your God’s protection even the more. No one can do anything to you He doesn’t allow. I pray for His abundance to overtake you that you may relish and feast on heavenly food and that He cause you to drink and delight in His pleasures. For truly, He is your fountain of life. I pray for God to remove the foot of pride from you that you’ll be able to submit to His leading and resist the devil’s snares. I pray you’ll remain steadfast, unmoveable, unable to be shaken, and always abounding in the work God has assigned your hands. I declare the wicked shall never drive you away from your assignment, call, or ministry. I thank my God that according to His word, today the workers of iniquity will fall, they will be thrust down, and unable to rise against God and His anointed.