CONTEND OH LORD.

Contend ,oh Lord,with those that contend with me. Fight against those that fight against me.[ Psalm 35 ]verse 1. Good morning. In this passage of scripture, King David's feelings after so many attacks on his life. Right when we think we are safe, we find we had actual disloyal friends and sometimes family. I have always dreamed of being the best Dad, husband,employee.....yet right now i feel like such a failure. I look around and back at my life, i see very much pity. God had so much pity for me. I had no skills,just cast out in the street to survive.  I promise i did my best, in business,being a freight hauler. Did way to many jobs, looking unstable to many folks. Always concerned about what image i portrayed. I was a natural in the drycleaning business. Yet i was never satisfied. This caused much unrest in marriage. Wow did it ever. Who was the unrest with? Mostly me. Never satisfied with my performance. Hard on myself
So now on top of all this,when i finally realized how to be steady, my arteries hardened and 4 surgeries later( heart) i am retired. Finally get to be a Sunday School teacher,imagine that. What has this to do with this scripture? I've learned that we in modern American churches we can find enemies. Yep i said it enemies. I've uncovered some in my own home.
Wow...i guess it doesn't pay to have conviction.
This is my prayer concerning this matter. Look at verse 3. Draw out also the spear and javelin and close and close up the way of those who persue me and persecute me. Say to me, I am your deliverance! Meaning the Lord. Look at verse 4. Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek and require my life. Let them be turned back and confounded who plan my hurt. Oh my look now at verse 6.
Let their way be dark and slippery places, with the Angel of the Lord pursuing and afflicting them. Look at verse 7.
For without cause they hid for me their net;  a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life. Then in verse 9 David said let the net they created for him,catch them. Then in verse 9 David declares when this happened he would rejoice in his deliverance.
Oh my goodness. I believe as a born again Christian, i am entitled boldly to go to the throne of God and make my request known. So here it is.Heavenly Father u alone are Holy. Your Son Jesus Christ,
being my mediator,forgive me for my sins, those i know about and those i do not. Lord i claim David's request as my own. You alone know for whom,  and why i have this request.
Avenge me speedily.  In Jesus name Amen.