In the movies and old storybooks, there are tales of the underdog and how it rises to the top. The underdog always wins. The rule of ancient literature is that a story usually ends in a wedding or a funeral- happy or sad. Usually though, the underdog always wins because the reader needs to be satisfied.
That isn't reality.
The reality is that everyone thinks they are the underdog, and no one thinks they are the enemy.
So I can imagine the pickle that is presented to God (He is never in a pickle by the way, and no the Message version did not tell me that) when a few of his children read Psalms and cry, "Give my enemies what they deserve God! I will wait on you!"
There's nothing wrong with reading Psalms. Or the Bible. Or praying Psalms.
But past Psalms, there are the 4 Gospels that tell the story of how Jesus died for all.
Kinda throws a curve ball into the whole "Avenge mine enemies, O Lord" thing, huh?
So imagine the pickle when God's children are looking up at Him begging Him to kill the other and vice versa. I wonder what God thinks?
God said something when He was teaching one day on a mountain about this whole situation. He said "Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you. (Matthew 5:44)"
Those are the hardest words I've ever eaten. And I am determined that I will not pray the Psalms prayer until after I make the Matthew prayer the Bread that my body depends on.
...because in the end...the underdogs...ALL of the underdogs win. And the enemy will be defeated. It will be his funeral, and afterward there will be a wedding and a feast...
Because HE wins. God wins. Forever.
