Go Get 'Em God

We CAN Let God Do The Punishing

Psalm 56:7 (NLT) “Don’t let them get away with their wickedness; in Your anger, O God, bring them down.”

It is hard to give up control to someone else, I get it, I do. However, the bible tells us over and over again, that the Lord is the One that is our Avenger. He is the One on the throne that is King and rules justly. God knows everyone inside and out, from before we are born until the day we die, and then into eternity. He doesn’t want anyone to die separated from Him, He doesn’t! However, He gives us all the “free will” to choose Jesus or reject Jesus. That simple.

Then, there are days and situations, that just seem to come at us and we REALLY want to fight back! OR if you grew up like me, you were told NOT to fight back, and to “love” everyone. Do unto others as you would have them do to you… Well, that 'way' created in me a person that was a door-mat. Not what God actually intended I don’t believe. Through my journey in life, I have had MANY situations that I REALLY wish I could have taken matters into my own hands. Yet, it’s a good thing I didn’t – because I would have been in a much different place than I am now. Which is one of the reasons that I believe the Lord wants us to call on Jesus and NOT take matters into our own hands.

“But Lisa Marie, you mean NEVER stand up for yourself?!?” No, that is not what I am saying at all. It is the “vengeance” or the “punishment” that we want to happen to/on someone – THAT is what is in the Lords hands. LOL I find myself praying this prayer and many like it a LOT towards injustice that I see happening. Yet, it can be towards those in our life that are closer and more personal as well.

I have shared that my late-husband was not a very kind person. Much of it was his upbringing, Vietnam, and his own personal demons. Yet, that doesn’t excuse his actions, not one bit! Praying God’s words back to Him, is one of the things that is a responsibility of ours. Not just all of the “fluff stuff” either, but the hard stuff too! It is MUCH easier to pray this type of prayer towards someone we don’t really know, and the things we see them doing. Like with terrorists. Yet, God knows what is going on in our lives, right in our own homes even. Sometimes, we are in the middle of a battle, that we cannot see any justice or positive outcome – in that case, we are tempted to “take things into our own hands” – which usually leads to a disastrous situation that affects MANY lives. What to do instead? Pray this prayer, and any others you come across that are just like this!

I keep coming back to the fact that King David was considered “a man after God’s own heart” and HE prayed this prayer! Why can’t we?!?! We CAN!! The very next verse, 8, tells us “You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in Your bottle. You have recorded each one in Your book.” You see, not only does God KNOW our hurts, sorrows, pains, situations… but He is intimately involved in them! He is so close to us in them, that He collects our tears AND SAVES them!! He keeps track of ALL things in our life! He has a personal, private, accurate journal that He keeps on us, and writes it ALL down.

WOW!! The MEF (mind’s eye flash) I just got, was like the library in the movie Beauty and the Beast. HUGE place, yet beyond the boarders of a room, it looks like a library with no end, no walls. Each and every person ever alive as well as those who died before taking a breath, and those who have died shortly after taking a breath – each one has a book! There are some that are thicker than others, but each one is personal and descriptive. Each one looks like a treasure, precious, loved, well looked at. At a moment’s notice, He can pull up any book He wants in a second. Swoosh – here we are at my book! As I see it open, the pages are tender, gentle, covered with love, grace, mercy! The words are written with such grace and ease. The book seems to grow as the pages turn. There are many little perfume type bottles in the pages, filled with sparkling liquid. Some of the liquid is clear, and others have a cloud look to it. Some bottles are small, with only a drop or two. Other bottles are much bigger and filled to the brim. Page after page, as they turn, I can see, feel, and hear so many emotions: laughter, joy, happiness, pain, heartache, sorrow… Like breath, the pages are filled with details of each and every moment in my life. It would seem the book would weigh a ton – yet it is light. Both in brightness and in weight. The hands that are touching it, opening it, are the hands of God. Gentle, loving, tender, firm, paying attention to even the tiniest detail. Pretty amazing!!

As I look around, what is see is an eternity of space filled with each and every person ever thought of! In a place that is at the easiest reach of God’s hands. Then in my dimensions – gone, poof, only to be looked and beheld by our Lord God, our Father in heaven. WOW!!

So, when you feel down, out, mistreated – don’t take things into your own hands – pray, to your Father, “Don’t let them get away with their wickedness; in Your anger, O God, bring them down.” He is the One that will pour heaps of hot coals on their heads. He is the One that will bring the hammer of justice down on them. We may not ever see it here in person, but He WILL do what is just on our behalf!

Today, if you are going through something that you "stepped in" and tried taking control of a situation, place, or person - in your own way and time… I will pray that you can stop, step back, and ask God to be the One to take care of the justice needed in the situation. He always has a way of exposing truth. Bringing darkness to light. Trust. Pray. I’m praying for you!