God Will Handle My Enemies

King James Version Psalm 37

1  Fret not thyself because of evildoers,

Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

2  For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,

And wither as the green herb.

Introduction

It is so easy for me to get worked up when I come across wrongdoing. Wrongdoing against me, against my family, my community, any unfairness, any evil acts get me heated, gets me mad. It doesn’t seem fair that the micromanaging racist supervisor gets to continue supervising. It doesn’t feel right that the sister or brother who continues to attack the family somehow ends up getting whatever he or she wants. It’s frustrating to watch abusive people continue to gain favor in the world, get promoted, and never be held accountable. I want to sit them down, I want to erase their ability to abuse, I want them to finally get what they deserve! And if the truth be told, I feel a little jealous, I feel like it’s me who should be getting those promotions, the platforms, the checks, the influence. But I want to advance as a foundation for my message today that it is God who will handle my enemies. Handling enemies is not my business, it’s God’s business. And since that is the case, I’ve come to discuss three questions.

What am I so heated about?

Since God will handle my enemies, first of all, what am I so mad for? The Hebrew word translated as fret not - that word actually means to heat oneself with anger. I don’t have a hell to put anyone in, so why am I putting myself through hell, torturing my own self, losing my own sleep, wasting all this energy on them? I have better things to be concerned with than what someone else is getting away with. Why am I letting my enemies take away MY sleep? Why am I dominating every conversation being angry about problems that God already solved before I even got here? What I need to be doing is making sure that it’s not me being the evildoer. I need to sweep out my own house instead of having my eyes in everybody else’s house. God will handle my enemies, so my enemies are none of my business.

What is there to be jealous of?

Secondly, since God will handle my enemies, what is there to be jealous of? Psalm 37:2 says that they are soon going to be cut down like the grass. They are going to wither away! I don’t need to be jealous of that! I don’t know about you but I don’t care how nice the car is, if the engine is going to give out tomorrow, I don’t want that car! The truth is those who were abusing you, stealing from you, withholding wages, telling lies about you, stabbing you in the back - , all their platforms, all their promotions, all their money, all their success that they think they’ve gained- it’s all going to disappear, crash, crumble, fall, burn. Hastily. I don’t want what they got! I don’t have time for they crusty assets.

What will I handle?

Thirdly, since God is going to handle my enemies, what will I handle?

Truth be told, my to do list is too long to waste time being mad anyway. Psalm 37 teaches me that I have some kingdom business to handle. I need to spend my time doing good to others, showing mercy to others, giving of my abundance to others, speaking wisdom to others! And it also teaches that when I’m handling kingdom business, I will also be handling kingdom blessings! According to Psalm 37 I’m going to get the desires of my heart, I’m going to inherit the earth, I’m going to get an abundance of peace, I’m going to get an inheritance that lasts forever, I’m going to get satisfied even in a famine, I’m going to get preserved forever, I’m going to get blessed seed, I’m going to get exalted, I’m going to get salvation, I’m going to get strength, I’m going to get help.

Conclusion

I don’t know about you but I don’ t have time to be mad, and I don’t have space to be jealous, because I’m too busy handling kingdom business and receiving kingdom blessings.