FAITH CAPSULE: Disallow the wicked ones act from derailing you and causing your misplacement in the presence of God.

Psalm 73

The job of the wicked is to do evil. The wicked, despite their wickedness are living a life that makes man to wonder why and how it could be for the wicked ones to be having a life that appears better and glamorous. However, we should only be careful and only have our heart directed into the love of God and the patience of Christ Jesus. None is judge except God and all should allow God to do as He pleases. One thing is clear, God sees it all and He will only move against the wicked at His own appointed time. Wickedness has its seat in the heart of man. Jeremiah 17:9-10 tells us about the seat (heart) of wicked stating, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked;who can know it?I, the Lord, search the heart;I test the mind,even to give every man according to his ways,according to the fruit of his doings.” The word of God did not specify whose heart is deceitful meaning that deceitful heart can be the unbeliever’s heart or the believer’s heart. Can you identify if you are wicked or not? Going about and blowing smiles all day or sleeping and waking up in the church building should not be mistaken for a heart that is not deceitful and desperately wicked.
Here are some of what can possibly be the identities or the state of the wicked ones as pointed out in Psalm 73 
Pride serves as their necklace.
Violence covers them like a garment.
Their eyes bulge with abundance.
They have more than heart could wish.
They increase in riches.
They scoff and speak wickedly concerning oppression.
They speak loftily (arrogantly)
They set their mouth against the heavens and their tongue walks through the earth.
Among the above points, none can be identified as incorrect when identifying the state of the wicked one. Are you an acclaimed believer that has the word God un-internalized and translated into practice? If your answer is yes, you are presented with an opportunity to make amends.
Jeremiah testifies his pains concerning the life of the wicked ones when he approached God stating, “Righteous are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;yet let me talk with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper?Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?You have planted them, yes, they have taken root;they grow, yes, they bear fruit…” (Jeremiah 12:1-2) It is normal to call God’s attention in regard to the wicked one’s act like Jeremiah did but it is not normal to allow the wicked ones act to disrupt or direct us away from what God can do against the wicked at His appointed time.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace not to be a wicked one.