Psalm 120
In the end, the lying lips and the deceitful tongues of the world will reap what they sow. "Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper" is what they will receive. Lying, deceitful words are like arrows which, once released from the bow, cannot be recalled; they are like coals which burn on in the memory of the victim. However, one day the Word of the Lord will come as a sharp arrow and will pierce into those that have slandered and injured with the tongue. The coals of juniper portray that judgment which burns forever. Juniper was a plant which, when placed on the fire, burned for a long time. Let us want to be delivered and separate from all that worldly deceit and seek that full communion with our Lord Jesus Christ in heavenly places.

Further, we find that the Psalmist had been living in the wrong place, in Mesech, dwelling in the tents of Kedar. Meshech was descended from Japheth, not from the line of God's people, the line of promise through Shem. Kedar was descended from Shem but of the line of the flesh, for he came through Ishmael. In the Song of songs, the bride says that she is as black as the tents of Kedar. We do not want to be in the wrong place, out of line with God's promise, in a place of blackness and darkness. Mesech was to the North of Israel; the tents of Kedar were to be found to the South of Israel - anywhere but in the land of Promise. Are we dwelling, spiritually speaking, in the wrong places, anywhere but where God wants us to be. If so, let us cry out with all our being, "Deliver my soul, O Lord...You've saved me, but I've not been living the right life. I've not been living in the promises of God. Let me get my foot on that first step that leads upward."

Jesus said that we should abide in Him. That is our dwelling place, not in the things of the world. Look at the worldlings. They hate peace. When you get down to it, they do not want the same things that you want. The moment you speak in the Lord, you are for peace, but you will find very quickly, they are for war. They will attack you and be against you, for the world is against Jesus. In my distress I cried unto the Lord ...... AND HE HEARD ME.