Psalm
101:1-3a
What
are the words that come from your lips when in dialogue or discussion about the
Lord…? What do you utter from your mouth when you experience His favor or when
you go through a rough situation…? Often times we are able to offer up praises
to the Lord when things go well, but we indeed change our tune and begin to
question Him when things don’t go as planned… These verses taken from the one
hundred and first psalm echo the dedication that we must have to the Lord… We
all know the story of David and the mistakes that he made, in this psalm we see
the expression of David’s love… In the midst of trials and tribulations, let us
recognize the beauty of God’s discipline and not think He is distant… Let us
recognize that even in the mistakes we make in life God can turn a negative
into a positive and help us to learn and mature in Christ… David declares to
the Lord today that he will sing of His mercy and judgment… As we look
throughout our lives we have a lot to praise God for… Often times we harp on
the disappointments in life, but neglect the bountiful blessings that have
already been bestowed! David remembers the provisions that God has/had already
made in his life; delivering him from the hands of enemies, anointing Him to be
king and forgiving him of all his missteps… Today let us remember the mercy
(withholding) of punishment that God has shown to us! The fact that
we should have been dead and suffered the penalty of sin, the fact that we (by
one man’s sin) have fallen short of the Glory of God and the fact that we
have turned our back on the Lord time and time again! Truth be told, we should
all have perished by now, but because of God’s mercy, we have been given a
chance to turn unto Him and have all sins forgiven, we indeed do have a lot to
praise God for! David praises God not only for His mercy, but also His
judgment, a judgment is a verdict, conclusion, finding, decision or result…
David is praising God because He (just like the Israelites and us) suffered
consequences of our actions, but even then were lifted up by the hand of God
and planted on solid ground… Many times the Israelites were in bondage, but
God still delivered them and blessed them through their trials and
tribulations, the same can be said about you… We need to praise God because His verdict wasn’t eternal damnation, we
need to praise God because His conclusion was to send His only begotten son, we
need to praise God because His decision was that we should not perish but have
everlasting life… This is why David doesn’t stop at singing about His
mercy and judgment; David goes on to say not only will I praise you, but “I
will behave myself wisely in a perfect way… I will walk within my house with a
perfect heart…” David has found his true love and he doesn’t want to mess
things up! He knows the source of his strength and existence… He has found the
true “Soul mate…” Think about the times when you have dated or married and you
were in love with that “amazing person,” because of your devotion to that
special someone you desired to walk your best and be perfect… You didn’t want
that individual to find in fault within you and you sought to please them
through your living! David desires to walk blamelessly before the Lord, we
should desire to give God our very best and not mess this “sweet thing”
up that He has graciously given to us… Jesus is that “special someone,” He is
that “amazing person” and we need to model our lives accordingly… We celebrate “Good
Friday” because of the good deeds which Christ bestowed on mankind by going to
the Cross… I don’t know about you, but because of my love for Christ I will “set
no wicked thing before mine eyes…” Because of my love for Christ I will
continue to ask the question “O when wilt thou come unto me?” Because of
my love for Christ I will praise Him all the days of my life; I will walk with
a perfect heart and desire to serve Him unconditionally… Do you love him? If
so, praise Him through the ups and downs and let your love be manifest in your
life by the actions that you display everyday!
BE BLESSED!!!
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