By Pastor Dr. Aggrey Soyekwo
Psalm 55:12-14 "If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide. But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend, with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship at the house of God, as we walked about among the worshipers." - NIV
David raised a very disturbing matter in human relationships. This is about betrayal that arises from hypocrisy of those we think are close friends, confidants, companions, fellow worshippers and people we trust. He further says it is easier to know your enemy is fighting you. That doesn’t surprise because you already know it and will gladly endure. But it surprises and hurts for the close one you worship with, eat with, enjoy ‘sweet’ fellowship with, and trust – to turn against you.
One reason this happens is when people harbour evil intentions and do not walk in the light. When we have honest attitudes towards others and if we mean well, we will not keep evil intentions against them. We will not say one thing and do another. We will not smile and at the same time planning to harm. We will love them as ourselves and do to them what we wish done to us. We will genuinely seek to help others and not stab their backs. This is God’s principle.
Stories abound of those cheated, abused, harmed and betrayed by those they trusted. This shouldn’t be so, especially among those called by God’s name. This is why we are told to do whatever we do to God and others from the heart. Anything short of this is hypocrisy. May God help us not be agents of the devil in betraying those who have sought solace under our care! May we be like God Who never betrays those Who come to Him.
Matthew 7:12 “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”
1 John 1:6-7 "If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin."
Shalom children of God.