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Many of my friends these days are people who are fighting government tyranny. I think about them all the time. Enclosed are some thoughts from Psalm 142 for those falsely accused by the State; those who are trapped in some commercial scheme to steal your property or your freedom and to bully you into being a doulos of the State. Read when you have time and are in a meditative, devotional mood . . . and need His strength to fight tyranny at the local level. A response is welcome.
Blessings to all of you who are fighting against the unconstitutional, tyrannical acts State Actors. You are not alone! Most of all contributors to the Sacred Text were charged and indicted by some de facto government agent.
Psalm 142
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A Prayer for those Falsely Accused by State Actors
An Appeal to the Supreme Court of Heaven
By Pastor Brooks
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Psalm 13
KJV Psalm 142:1
I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. Trouble is good if it leads us to seek Him. When David penned this prayer, he was considered an outlaw, a fugitive from “justice,” and a traitor to his king. A meritless warrant was issued for his arrest by the de facto
government. Alone in a cave, this prince-in-training had to take a course on the art of prayer. Thus, we have Maschil of David-a psalm that teaches us lessons on supplications-a prayer from the Cave of Adulllam. In the cave,
this innocent patriot who was falsely accused shouted his appeal to the Supreme Court of Heaven.
2 I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble.
The imagery before us is that of a water boy holding his clay jug while pouring the precious contents on another vessel. David took the burden he carried and placed it in the lap of the Lord. The word “trouble” is compared
to a “broken tooth or a sprained ankle” (Prov. 25:19). The false charges hurt! The term “shewed” means “to announce, publish, and fully declare.” Literally, the last phrase could be translated, “I caused my anguish to be published before His face.” Like an accountant, David lays bare his books. The troubles on his ledger were opened for God's inspection.
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
David wanted us to know the importance of the timing of his plea. This was not a “now I lay myself down to sleep” prayer. He coughed up his petition when his spirit was submerged with legal concerns. The term “overwhelmed”
means “enveloped” or “fully covered;” that is, this prayer gushed out of him when he was hiding from Saul's Gestapo in a mountain hide-away.
David was innocent of the charges against him. He had injured no man or his property-and he was a true patriot. The problem was that King Saul saw the prince as a threat to his position as Saul was desperately trying to retain
his power as head of state. Engaged in the politics of personal destruction, the king's hatchet men slandered and accused David in order to find him guilty in the court of public opinion. Saul's officials set a political trap in order to snare David and destroy his political career. Branded a threat to national security, Saul placed the Captain of his Special Guard on his “Wanted Dead or Alive List.” Saul's Special Forces were ordered to kill first and ask questions later. Saul's equivalent of the FBI, CIA, IRS, and federal S.W.A.T. teams searched for this military heroe in order to terminate him. A dead David was better than a popular giant slayer. Stunned by the shifting winds of these events, God's man prayed . . . and oh, how he must have prayed.
4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
The term “know” is makir which means “to discern” or “recognize” or “analyze”; that is, there was no man that could investigate David's innocence and exonerate him in the king's court. David was truly alone and no one understood his personal distress. He had no friends to come along side to comfort him. When indicted by “THE GOVERNMENT”, true friends are hard to find . . . most people will believe government propaganda . . . and the rest will scurry like cockroaches for cover in order to avoid guilt by association.
Think of it! David said there was no man that cared about his soul, whether he was healthy or sick, glad or mad, saved or unsaved. How many unbelievers attend church and never get a visit from a deacon; or be asked a question
about the state of their soul; or be queried about their relationship to their Creator? When was the last time you took an interest in the condition of a person's soul? People care more about their pet gerbil than about the
souls of men.
The statement “no man cared for my soul” is perhaps one of the greatest indictments of religious people in the Word of God. What is it about Christian folk that they abandon their wounded? Why is it believers avoid the hurting, the troubled, and the accused? Why it is Christians will believe the media, the gossip columns, and police blogs and seldom request evidence or proof of claim? Why do churchmen make it their duty to assist government agents in their lawless, tyrannical unconstitutional commercial schemes? When government is god in the minds of most Christians, Christians cannot be trusted not to betray one another.
5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Having no kindred spirit, David appealed his case to the Supreme Court of Heaven. God was not just important to David, He was all important. YHWH was his refuge; his fortress; his hiding place.
Alone, David identified the LORD as his “portion” in the land of the living. The word “portion” refers to a “tract of land” or one's personal property. On the street without a roof over his head and foraging for food on the
land, his relationship to God was the only possession of which he could boast. David had one jewel in his pouch and that gem was a personal relationship with His Creator.
6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
David had three petitions. Each are Hiphil imperatives. The use of the command is the language of prayer just as demands and orders are the language of the court. David prayed that God would stir Himself to act on his behalf.
The first request is for the Lord to hear his prayer. Open your eyes! Open your ears! Don't ignore my request was David's first concern. The second request was for deliverance from his adversaries. What is a man suppose to
do when the government that is suppose to protect him becomes the agent of his destruction? What is a man suppose to do when the government that should be obeying God's law seeks to enforce the king's perverted judgments? David
was maligned, misjudged, and slandered. Assassins and the dog hounds hunted for his den in order to execute him. He needed God to protect him from this government plot to murder him.
What a statement: “They are stronger than I.” Who can fight against the State with all its financial resources, paramilitary teams, and Philadelphia lawyers? What individual has the wealth to prevail against a government
indictment with government paid prosecutors and government paid witnesses and government paid juries and government paid judges? Who can match the government's war chest? This court with its wolf-like judges was looking for
a sacrifice-and David was their lamb.
It wasn't until 1215 AD in England that the playing field was leveled. Thank God for the Barons who remedied the imbalance of power by insisting King John sign the Magna Carta-a legal charter that prevented the King's men from bringing charges against a baron by government paid prosecutors and government paid witnesses (sheriffs) by government paid judges. Out of this stew of injustice, the barons cooked up the whole concept of a trial by jury-a jury made up of fellow barons. To be charged for a crime in England, government prosecutors needed “faithful witnesses”; that is, two witness that were not suckin' slop at the king's trough. [Note, if you are being charged for a victimless crime, insist the state follow the “rules of common law” – 7th Amendment].
7 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
David's third request was for deliverance from prison. When falsely accused, the litigant is in a legal prisons. Warrants for victimless crimes strangle liberty. With an order out for his arrest, David's freedom to travel upon
public highways was severely restrained. Confined in southern Judah, David was in hiding from the secret police. Fear and bewilderment shackled his soul. In spiritual chains and hunted like a mad dog, David cried out to God
for a remedy.
The purpose of David's prayer was not limited to his own well-being, but included the glory of God. Praise is the grand objective of history (Rev. 5). How could he join the throng of the redeemed in joyful adoration if he
did not have a story to tell about God's deliverance? How could he praise God if he was not free of these meritless warrants? More was at stake here than David's comfort. At stake was the reputation of his God. No test; no
testimony. No problems; no praise. No help; no honor. No deliverance; no dancing; no contest; no victory!
David expresses a confidence that God heard his prayer, and that his loneliness would end-that he would be soon joined by righteous men-non-government agents; regular folk who shared his love of God's law and God's glory. Further, he ends this prayer with a quiet confidence that God would deal “bountifully” with him; that is, that God would provide a remedy in his case against the false statutory charges against him; that Christ would advocate his cause and that his plea would be granted.
If you have been falsely accused by State actors and trapped in some commercial scheme and you have harmed no man or his property, this is a prayer for you. Fellow Christians will not understand. But, God is your refuge and your portion. Appeal your case to the Supreme Court of Heaven.
"Two things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die): Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches— Feed me with the food allotted to me; Lest I be full and deny You, And say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God."
[Prov. 30:7-9, Bible, NKJV]This is a very hard place to be. To see this Psalm and what David had to endure brought me comfort as I realized that if you aren’t a threat the devil leaves us alone.
Great post, I look forward to the day when my testimony is like that.
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