(Dear Lord Jesus, guide me and give me insight as I read and study Your word, and let it be the meditation of my heart...)
(Psalm 101:1-8)
I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, Lord, I will sing praises.
2 I will carefully attend to the blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall leave me;
I will know no evil.
5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
I will not endure one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart.
6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
One who walks in a blameless way is one who will serve me.
7 One who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
One who speaks lies shall not maintain his position before me.
8 Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to eliminate from the city of the Lord all those who do injustice.
I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, Lord, I will sing praises.
2 I will carefully attend to the blameless way.
When will You come to me?
I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall leave me;
I will know no evil.
5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
I will not endure one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart.
6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
One who walks in a blameless way is one who will serve me.
7 One who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house;
One who speaks lies shall not maintain his position before me.
8 Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
So as to eliminate from the city of the Lord all those who do injustice.
TODAY'S THOUGHTS AND MEDITATION:
In order to keep walking with integrity in God's will, there are a few things we need to keep in our hearts and minds:
- (v. 2) pray and wait on the Lord for His help and guidance
- (v. 1) trust the Lord, that He will take care of the evil that is happening around us
- (v. 3) we should hate evil and sinful deeds, but not the people who commit them
- (v.7) we should not condone or enable sinful behavior
- (v. 3) we should not desire anything evil or desire to commit any sinful acts
- (v. 8) we should daily put away anything that is evil and sinful
- (v. 4) we should confess any sin that we have committed, or even sin that is in our hearts
- (v. 5) we should defend the innocent and bring justice to the guilty
- (v. 2) we should be careful with what we say and do
- (v. 2) we should keep our focus on doing God's will to be more God-like
- (v. 6) we should work together faithfully, supporting and serving one another
- (v. 1) we should sing praises to the Lord and be thankful
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