Knowing Where You're At

 Psalm 5:For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
    evil may not dwell with you.
5 The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
    you hate all evildoers.
6 You destroy those who speak lies;
    the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Psalm 6:8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
    for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my plea;
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
    they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

In both of these Psalms we find David, as he did in the previous psalms, in distress, calling out for God to deliver Him.  He knows God hears, but he also knows God sees and knows - both him and those around him.  He is surrounded by evil, proud men, who really do not care for God, and their lives show it. He also realizes, as we saw in the opening Psalm, how much those around us can impact us. He wants to be able to focus on worshipping and fellowshipping with God, and not be distracted by all the evil around him. It is not always easy to do so, but he so much wants to be in God's presence that he devotes himself to turn completely away from the evil and him to Worship and listen to God.  May we do the same as we come to talk with and listen to Him.