Day 319: "So That I May Walk Upright Before God"
Read: Psalm 56:10 - 13
There is something that I have steadily noticed as I have been delving
into the world of the Psalms. It is that they contain a pattern for us
to follow as we ourselves try to do exactly like David did, and that is to live out our day to day lives in the best way we can trying to meet the mundane and not so mundane challenges that life seems to be
always placing before us. Granted too that our own mundane or not so
mundane life is never going to come close to that of being a King or
someone anointed to be King, but never the less, it is our day to
day lives that we must try to continue to live in every day. To do that
we try hard to establish a certain pattern or routine which fits our life best.
Many of David's Psalms contain a pattern to them. After pondering this
for a while, I guess the best way to sum up Davids purpose behind the
way he writes is verse 13. "For You have delivered my soul from
death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In
the light of the living." What a wonderful goal David has put
out
there before us to gently, deliberately steadily re-focus us, to inspire
us, toward a closer, a far more intimate relationship with God than we
would have if we spent too much time focusing on ourselves as is our
usual set pattern to living life, "So that I may walk before God in the
light of the living." So that we live keeping our head up!
First, he praises God for His Word. David did not have as much of the Bible as we do. In fact, he was in the process of actively writing it for us! But he had the Word of God, and he depended on it rather than on his feelings or his ever changing
challenging extremes of life's circumstances. When we love the Word of God as much
as we love God, coming to a time when we depend on it daily, ultimately we too will praise God to the highest heaven like David did. David praises God for His trustworthiness. Where did this faith come from? Again from the Word of God, Psalm 25:10 "All the paths of
the Lord are lovingkindness and truth To those who keep His covenant and
His testimonies." Amen
David is saying, "I am so grateful for
the Covenant Word of God because it taught me to trust the promises of
God." And where there is faith, there is his best testimony. David
praises God for all the help He has given him. God delivered his soul
from death countless times, so many I so wonder just what the true
number really is. God's past deliverance's was his assurance and ours of
God's future pattern of care and concern. Is David's pattern
evident in your life? Are you able to praise God in the midst of the
extremes of your life? Are you able to praise Him even before He answers
your plea? Praise Him for His Word? His trustworthiness? That you may walk upright before and with God?
Let Us Pray: Today, pay heed to the Word of God revealed to David from Psalm 25.
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Read: Psalm 56:10 - 13
There is something that I have steadily noticed as I have been delving into the world of the Psalms. It is that they contain a pattern for us to follow as we ourselves try to do exactly like David did, and that is to live out our day to day lives in the best way we can trying to meet the mundane and not so mundane challenges that life seems to be
always placing before us. Granted too that our own mundane or not so mundane life is never going to come close to that of being a King or someone anointed to be King, but never the less, it is our day to day lives that we must try to continue to live in every day. To do that we try hard to establish a certain pattern or routine which fits our life best.
Many of David's Psalms contain a pattern to them. After pondering this for a while, I guess the best way to sum up Davids purpose behind the way he writes is verse 13. "For You have delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living." What a wonderful goal David has put
out there before us to gently, deliberately steadily re-focus us, to inspire us, toward a closer, a far more intimate relationship with God than we would have if we spent too much time focusing on ourselves as is our usual set pattern to living life, "So that I may walk before God in the light of the living." So that we live keeping our head up!
First, he praises God for His Word. David did not have as much of the Bible as we do. In fact, he was in the process of actively writing it for us! But he had the Word of God, and he depended on it rather than on his feelings or his ever changing challenging extremes of life's circumstances. When we love the Word of God as much as we love God, coming to a time when we depend on it daily, ultimately we too will praise God to the highest heaven like David did. David praises God for His trustworthiness. Where did this faith come from? Again from the Word of God, Psalm 25:10 "All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies." Amen
David is saying, "I am so grateful for the Covenant Word of God because it taught me to trust the promises of God." And where there is faith, there is his best testimony. David praises God for all the help He has given him. God delivered his soul from death countless times, so many I so wonder just what the true number really is. God's past deliverance's was his assurance and ours of God's future pattern of care and concern. Is David's pattern evident in your life? Are you able to praise God in the midst of the extremes of your life? Are you able to praise Him even before He answers your plea? Praise Him for His Word? His trustworthiness? That you may walk upright before and with God?
Let Us Pray: Today, pay heed to the Word of God revealed to David from Psalm 25.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgMV3_Md8MU
GLORIOUS RUINS - HILLSONG LIVE (Lyric Video)
www.youtube.com
GLORIOUS RUINS - HILLSONG LIVE (Lyric Video) LIVE VERSION: http://youtu.be/WOFdo_6peWE
GLORIOUS RUINS - HILLSONG LIVE (Lyric Video)
www.youtube.com
GLORIOUS RUINS - HILLSONG LIVE (Lyric Video) LIVE VERSION: http://youtu.be/WOFdo_6peWE
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