They're Playing Our Song?

Psalm 36:10-12

O continue your steadfast love to those who know you,
and your salvation to the upright of heart!
Do not let the foot of the arrogant tread on me,
or the hand of the wicked drive me away.
There the evildoers lie prostrate;
they are thrust down, unable to rise.

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Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you.

Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you.

Oh can't you see
You belong to me?
How my poor heart aches with every step you take.

"Every Breath You Take" by The Police, written by Sting, from the album "Synchronicity."

This is the third in a series of three songs that are not love songs. This may be the spookiest of all because for many people of a certain age you will hear them say "This is our song" or "This was our wedding song." To listen to the melody you can hear how seductive this song is. To pay attention to the lyric, well, you had better pay attention to the lyric.

This little ditty is a stalker's anthem! I wouldn't say it leaves the prior two days entries in the dust when it comes to creepiness, but when you consider the number of 1980's weddings that featured this song for the first dance, an honor the other two songs didn't hold, then it may win the race by a nose.

The singer is watching an old love, the singer is watching you, and everything you do. But the Lord protects. The steadfast love of the Lord is for those who know and salvation is for the upright of heart. The foot of the arrogant, certainly the stalker, we pray will not tread on me. We pray the hand of the wicked will be driven away. Yes,the evildoers will lie prostrate, unable to rise.

You belong to me? No, Psalm 24 teaches us the world and all that is in it belong to the Lord, but the Lord has never forced us to Love. That sort of love is coercion. If it were physical, it would be assault.

Our Lord does not demand love. Our all knowing all seeing God is not a stalker. Love is patient. Stalking is criminal.