Psalm 141

Psalm 141

1 O LORD, I call to you; come quickly to me.

Hear my voice when I call to you.
2 May my prayer be set before you like incense;

may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a guard over my mouth, O LORD;

keep watch over the door of my lips.
4 Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil,

to take part in wicked deeds

with men who are evildoers;

let me not eat of their delicacies.
5 Let a righteous man [a] strike me—it is a kindness;

let him rebuke me—it is oil on my head.

My head will not refuse it.

Yet my prayer is ever against the deeds of evildoers;
6 their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,

and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
7 They will say, "As one plows and breaks up the earth,

so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave. [b] "
8 But my eyes are fixed on you, O Sovereign LORD;

in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,

from the traps set by evildoers.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

while I pass by in safety.

The book of Psalms has many beautiful and moving passages. Like the one about, it is not the 23rd Psalm, but it is beautiful. With passion and emotion written into it. The author is praying for what we all pray for, God’s assistance in allowing us to live a holy life. For it is the snares, and the evil doers that draw us away from Christ. Read the passage to your head with passion, the passion of your desire for Christ. Read it again, with the thought of you or I being the evildoers, or the snares.
We may not set up to do either one, and I pray that I do not, we find our selves in that roll. Instead of being the loving caring Christian, we are to concerned about the style of worship that we like. As we cling to a church, not ever witnessing to the “Normal” people, we become an evildoer. It is not a fact of saying, lets go be evil, rather it is evil because we hold the love Christ has for the world in our heart. Never allowing it to escape, and show itself to our family, friends, co-workers, or Joe down the street.