I Will Bless the Lord

                                                                        Psalm 26:1-13

 

January 13, 2022

 

 

I Will Bless the Lord

Of David.

Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering. Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.  For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.   I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.  I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.   I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord, proclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all your wondrous deeds.  O Lord and I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.   Do not sweep my soul away with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men, in whose hands are evil devices, and whose right hands are full of bribes.  But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me.   My foot stands on level ground; in the great assembly, I will bless the Lord.

 

The King as well as the warrior, or shepherd boy, looked to the Lord, for wisdom, and direction, and when he was confronted with sin in his life he sought forgiveness, from the God he knew.  I can only be an authority on one man’s life and I have missed the mark and often allow pride to keep me from running to a Father who always will forgive when we agree that we have brought shame to His name, in our sins.  I have learned to seek God's Spirit that lives in me and ask Him to test my heart.  

 

You may be asking for God to speak to you, but are you waiting for a loud voice to come from heaven, it is possible, but in my life experiences, it has not been a loud voice, but a quiet voice that fills my mind, such happens when I got the notice my dad had a heart attack and was in the hospital, as I drove on a Highway that had a 70 mile an hour speed, I notice I was only going 55, and I ask Father, why am I driving so slow, and He answers in my mind, there is no reason to rush, your dad was gone.  How the good news was I knew where my dad had gone,  I also remember a good friend that was not known for being in Christ, tell me at one of those times I was living in the cult of self, I thought you were a Christian, what you just said did not sound like one.  Yes God spoke to me through a source I never expected.   He also spoke to me through books and messages, but I have to make sure that the voice I’m listening to agrees with the Spirit and the written Word of God.

 

God told David to have nothing to do with sinners, for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.  One of the biggest problems in the Church today is people don’t understand they are the Church, and they have no one outside of people of like mind to have lunch or dinner in their homes.  It would be very foolish to invite evil people into your inner circle of close friends, but how can you be a light if you just condemn but do not allow Jesus to love them through your life?

 

From The Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice