If there were a poisonous snake that had been crawling around your yard for months and you had been unable to catch it, what would you do with it once you caught it? You know the snake is territorial, will return if removed from the property and will attack without warning. No zoos want it. No pet store would have it. Yet you have finally caught it. For the most part, most people wouldn’t think twice about taking a hoe or shovel and finishing the job on the snake.
David, in this Psalm, is glorifying God for delivering him from real people who had been his enemies. These people had been in battle against David, had tried to destroy him and had tried to kill his people, the Israelites. David was praising God because God had not only delivered David from the enemies but had also delivered the enemies into his hand for destruction. We’re obviously living in New Testament times, and we don’t go out with sword and shield to do battle in the physical realm, but the principle is the same: there are some enemies that come against you which leave you no alternative but to seek their destruction.
When you are battling with the enemy of your soul and the souls of your friends and family members, the enemy has a no-holds-barred attitude. It’s winner take all, loser take none in the spiritual battle. The devil doesn’t care how he wins, just as long as he wins. But God wants to destroy him from before you. He wants you to have complete victory over your enemies just as He gave David complete victory over his enemies hundreds of years ago. So keep praying. Keep fasting. Keep believing. Don’t give up. Don’t let up. Don’t be content just to fight until the devil backs down, but chase him and beat him as small and scattered as the dust in the wind.
