Have you ever overheard someone talking about you?
Maybe it was a mean girl on the play ground or a gossip in the break room—or maybe it was even a stranger on the internet.
Whoever it was, those moments—and those words—can get lodged in your mind and torment you.
The Psalmist apparently knew what this was like because in Psalm 119:23 he says:
“Even though princes sit and talk against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.” (NASB)
The Psalmist experienced the hurt and anxiety of having others speak against him—but he found a remedy to remove the sting of their words.
Did you catch it?
Let’s read the verse again: “Even though princes sit and talk against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes.” (NASB)
In effect, he’s teaching us: Don’t obsess over what people may be saying, meditate on what God is saying.
And this will bring peace in place of the turmoil that gossip and opposition brings.
So this week, if you overhear your name on someone else’s lips—choose to turn your attention to what God has said about you in His Word.
You are a loved, chosen child of God who is forgiven and wonderfully made for a purpose.
Hallelujah
Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. Copyright by The Lockman Foundation. www.lockman.org