Verses 19-20: [19] Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. [20] For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
David knows God cares for him and he is ever on God's mind but now he switches thoughts and says in effect, "Dear God, I have enemies who want to hurt me and they speak against You. Given that there are people out there who don't want anything to do with You and they hate me because I trust in You, why aren't You dealing with them in order to help me?"
In other words, if God exists and He loves me so much, why does He allow me to go through so much pain? Why doesn’t He just wipe out my problems so that I can live and worship Him (God) in peace?
The answer to such tough issues is often that God wants us to learn things from facing such adversaries. Sometimes God wants to work through us in order to defeat such forces in His way and on His timing. Usually, it is a matter of trusting Him to defeat things that we could never defeat based on our own strength.
Still the question remains of why God allows such evil to exist? Although sin exists in this world and some individuals willfully choose to oppose Him, God Almighty keeps the record and He will prevail in His time and His way. God is carefully at work, constantly achieving the reality of Romans 8:28, And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.
David knows God cares for him and he is ever on God's mind but now he switches thoughts and says in effect, "Dear God, I have enemies who want to hurt me and they speak against You. Given that there are people out there who don't want anything to do with You and they hate me because I trust in You, why aren't You dealing with them in order to help me?"
In other words, if God exists and He loves me so much, why does He allow me to go through so much pain? Why doesn’t He just wipe out my problems so that I can live and worship Him (God) in peace?
The answer to such tough issues is often that God wants us to learn things from facing such adversaries. Sometimes God wants to work through us in order to defeat such forces in His way and on His timing. Usually, it is a matter of trusting Him to defeat things that we could never defeat based on our own strength.
Still the question remains of why God allows such evil to exist? Although sin exists in this world and some individuals willfully choose to oppose Him, God Almighty keeps the record and He will prevail in His time and His way. God is carefully at work, constantly achieving the reality of Romans 8:28, And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.