“I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise. I will be careful to lead a blameless life— when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.”
Psalms 101:1-2 NIV
The declaration of David is that he will sing of steadfast love and justice to the Lord. David basks in the joy of God’s steadfast love and goodness. Singing is the movement of the heart. This is why God described our worship to Him as singing and making music in our hearts to Him throughout His Word. The heart moved by the love of God leads to a joyful song. It is not just that we sing songs. God does not care about words being put to music. The point is that the heart is motivated to sing. David does not say that I sing to the Lord because I have to. David will sing because of God’s steadfast love and justice. This knowledge is the motivation for all of our actions. We must not turn the love of God into the drudgery of obedience. We need to have grace-driven obedience. David envisions a life of careful consideration of the proper path to walk in life. We are presented with numerous choices each day. What path will we take? How often we fail to calculate our life choices? How often we do not consider the spiritual gravity of the choices we make? Jesus was very clear about the two paths that lie before us each day. The right path to take is not the obvious path. The obvious decision is often the decision that leads to destruction. That is why so many take the wrong path. David says that he will consider the way of the blameless life. We will think about how to live wisely and not mindlessly make the journey. Consider your ways and think about which way you go so that your choice does not lead to your destruction. It is easy to try to fool others with your righteous living and then live completely differently at home. God wants integrity of heart in the house, behind closed doors, when no one is looking. Integrity of heart means that we will not be false in public, pretending to be something that we are not. So we turn to God. Even if we have peers to share the burden, God is the one who is truly there, who rolls out a plan for us to follow in His Word. The beauty of the gospel is that God has made a way for us to walk in that which is good!!!
Father thank You for this day and the song in our hearts for You. Lord let Your abundant blessings flow over my friend and family today. Lord we pray for this in our lives, for integrity. Lord we want our lives before You, when were alone to be pleasing to You and we want our lives before You and before others, when we are around others, to be pleasing to You. Lord we pray that You would keep us, all of us who are praying this right now from putting on a face before others that is just not true before You. Lord help us to walk with integrity of heart before You in our houses, our workplaces and the paths You take us down. Lord use my friend to be a bold witness of the Gospel to all today. Daddy we love you amen. Be a blessing. Love you !
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