I'm Not Going To Ask.
Reminder: I am praying for you without your consent.
There's nothing you can do to stop me. My time I share with my God is mine to share, in whatever way I so choose, so long as it's biblical.
And prayer for you, is biblical.
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Suffering is a part of the process by which the sons of God are...
Suffering is a part of the process by which the sons of God are sanctified. They are chastened to wean them from the world, and make them partakers of God’s holiness. The Captain of their salvation was ‘made perfect through suffering,’ and so are they.
J.C. Ryle
The Hard Sayings of the Imprecatory Psalms
These Psalms can be hard to reconcile. We always want peace, and want to think God is only a God of peace. But he's not either/or. He is both/and.
It's often those of us that have experienced the traumas of the world, and those that have suffered His painful corrections, that seem like we understand this to a fuller extent. It hasn't driven us to vengeance and hard-heartedness, by no means. Instead, almost paradoxically, it has driven us closer to Him, causing us to give up our vain pursuits for what is righteous. We seek that which is pleasing to the Lord, asking Him to drive further from us iniquity, even if that means the road ahead is difficult for us. We must decrease, and Christ must increase.
Imprecatory Psalms and prayers are indeed for the wickedness present in this world. But it is not for vengeance, for that is the Lord's. It's also a reminder, meant to drive us into the arms of our savior.