Separation

Psalms 144:11 KJV

Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

David pleads that God would remove from them those

• Who were strangers to the faith
• Whose mouths spoke of empty and useless things and
• Whose right hand promised falsely

His supposition was that in separating from people like this he and especially his children (speaking of the people of God as a whole) would prosper.

And here we learn the importance of separation. Not that we should have nothing to do with unbelievers or else we could not attempt to win them to Christ, but that we are careful of their influence in our lives. It is reminiscent of 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 where separation from the ungodly carries the promise of the father relationship of God. It is impossible to be friends with this world and of God at the same time. Those who are attracted to this world are missing a relationship with the Lord regardless of how strongly they insist they possess it.