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Day 101 Psalm 101 Psalm 101:1 < I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. 3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. 5 Whoso privily slanders his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walks in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that tells lies shall not tarry in my sight. 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD. Some things in life are easier said than done. Especially when it comes to serving the Lord in true faithfulness of heart and spirit. We want everything perfect in our lives. We want the perfect life of obedience to God. However, can we honestly achieve that? David had good intentions when it came to serving God with all his heart, soul, mind, and strength. We do know he was a man after God’s own heart. God chose his family to sit on the throne forever, and the Messiah would come from his seed. David not only penned most of the psalms and songs of Israel, he also strengthened himself in the Lord before each battle. He wasn’t perfect, we know that with his sin with Bathsheba, but he was still obedient to God in every way a person can be without being perfect. We’ve often told ourselves that if so and so can do something difficult, so can we. David isn’t the only example we have of an obedient life to God. Abraham, Joseph, Daniel, and Elijah are other examples we have of men who wholly followed God and would not allow sin to come near them. Were they perfect? No, and neither are we, but with examples such as we have, it makes it easier to follow our heart when it comes to keeping sin away from our door. David didn’t want to surround himself with evil men. He didn’t want their example inside his personal space, and his personal space was as large as his kingdom. He didn’t want them living in his palace or in his kingdom. Was that possible? No, we know it wasn’t. Sin lived in his household where jealousy and hatred lived in the hearts of his children. Yet David kept his heart and mind faithful to God. When David penned this psalm, he wanted to remind himself of his honest heartfelt intentions towards God. We can do the same thing. We can employ the same methods David did and pen our intentions to God on how we want to live our lives as holy to God, and keep it close to us so we can look at it often and see how we measure up, not according to someone else’s intentions, but to our own. How are you measuring up? Take a moment to think about your walk with God and how you want to change and become more of what God wants from your life. You won’t be perfect and neither will I, but you will start seeing a change if you purpose to do so. Let’s pray: Father, help me have a closer more faithful walk with you. Help me keep evil from my door and not let it encroach on my life. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen. Copyright © 28 June 2016 by Valerie Jean Routhieaux Image courtesy of Pixabay