Oh, give thanks to the Lord,
for He  is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
....
The Lord
is for me
among those who help me;
Therefore
I shall see my desire on those who hate me.
Psalms 118:1,7 NKJV
Quite a few versions interpret verse 7 as looking in triumph over those who hate me, the enemy...but this seems to be the literal interpretation of that verse.
My desire.
Could it be that my "desire", what I want for my enemy can change?
The psalmist had never heard the gospel of Jesus - does that change anything?
In the light of "the Lord is good, his mercy endures forever", maybe that changes things.
And who is my enemy?
Yes sometimes it is an actual army, an institution, a person (esp someone with power, or who had power over us before).
Sometimes it's the culture around us. What it says is OK.
And sometimes the enemy is within. My own thinking, what I read into others words or actions...
Today Lord,
may my heart
rest in your love
that endures forever.
May you shift
my heart desire
to be
more closely aligned
with yours
even as
I face
my enemy.
Amen
#psalms
#psalm118
#shiftmyheart