Psalms 83:9

Psalms 83:9 says, Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: After speaking about the way their enemies had mistreated them, Asaph now asks God to destroy them as He had destroyed Isreals enemies in the past.  God's enemies will one day all be destroyed, when He says the time is right, and until then we need to pray for their salvation.  Verse ten adds, Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.  Asaph said that God had totally destroyed the enemies of Israel in the past. What we need to remember is that God defeated all our enemies when we accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, and He will do so forever if we continue to put our faith in Him.  Verse eleven states, Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:  Then verse twelve adds, Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.  Asaph then asked that the princes of the enemies of Israel, those that led them in their fight against Israel, be destroyed as they had in the past.  Some people may only fight against Christianity today because their leaders tell them to, so we should especially pray that the attitude of the leaders be changed.  Verse thirteen declares, O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.  Asaph asked that God make those leaders and those that they commanded no more than stubble.   No matter how powerful our enemies may be in the world today, they are no more powerful than the stubble of grass before God, and we simply need to remember that.  Verse fourteen adds, As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;  Asaph asked that God move among the enemies of Israel like a purifying fire.  Verse fifteen continues, So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.  Asaph then asked God to send His storms to make the enemies of God afraid.  God does not need an army to defeat His enemies, but can do so by His own power over the universe.  God has given us everlasting salvation if we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, and we need to put our faith in Him alone, and not on any force in this world.  Verse sixteen says, Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.  Asaph then asked God to fill the enemies of Israel with shame, so that they might seek His face.  This should be our prayer for the enemies of God and His people today.  We should pray that they come to salvation by putting their faith in Jesus Christ.  Verse seventeen adds, Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:  Then, Asaph asked that if they didn't come to God that the enemies of Isreal be destroyed forever.  Everlasting destruction is the fate of everyone who refuses to accept God's salvation, but we should not pray that this happens to anyone.  Verse eighteen concludes, That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. Asaph asked that God do this so that people might know that God alone was God and that His sovereignty covered the whole world.  God has given us the sign of the cross, the death of Jesus Christ to defeat sin and death for all time, and we don't need another.  Some countries may believe that by simply denying God that they have defeated Him, but He is still sovereign over all the earth.