Psalm 35 Debra Sanders Clark Analysis

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How bad do you want it? A cry for justice in an unjust world. Psalm 35 Debra Sanders Clark

Have you ever been wrongly accused of something? Better yet have you ever made mistakes? We all have! God did not create us perfect although he made us perfectly in his image. We are like him, but we have faults.

David sinned and made mistakes just like all of us. But he recognized God in the midst of his troubles. He knew that without God he would perish. Therefore, he chased after him. He chased after God's heart. He craved to know him and wanted to have a relationship with him.

It Psalms 35 David is praying that God will bring justice to him. He was running from men who wanted to destroy and kill him.
But why? Sometimes we don't understand why
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Or think of your adult years, have you ever enemies ever join forces overthrowing you? Sometimes people who don't like each other will join together to attack you.

Those we help the most tend to repay us with the least amount of favor.

David fast and prayed for these people in their time of sorrow he prayed for them and now they dig ditches for him to fall. They wanted him badly!

How bad do you want it?

David wanted it bad. This is why he prayed with conviction asking God to give back to them what they had given to him. He asked God not to sit silent during his troubles but to rise up and come to his defense.

What are you facing today? Whatever has happened to you, God saw it and he wants to bring justice to those who have brought injustice to you. God will plead your case, but the question is how bad do you want it?

Do you want it bad enough to chase after God as David did? Do you want it bad enough to push your way through even in the mist of your storm? If you want it bad, stay in faith continue to pray, believe in God and he will come

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