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Psalm 101 Commentary

I Will Be Faithful To My LORD

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KEY THOUGHT: I will sing of mercy and justice; To You, O Lord, I will sing praises. [Psalm 101:1 NKJV]

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Psalm 101 NKJV

Promised Faithfulness to the Lord

A Psalm of David.

101 I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O Lord, I will sing praises.

2 I will behave wisely in a [a]perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

3 I will set nothing [b]wicked before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.
4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not know wickedness.

5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
Him I will destroy;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.

6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a [c]perfect way,
He shall serve me.
7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not [d]continue in my presence.
8 Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the Lord.

Footnotes

a. Psalm 101:2 blameless
b. Psalm 101:3 worthless
c. Psalm 101:6 blameless
d. Psalm 101:7 Lit. be established

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Psalm 101 Commentary

In some Western countries, quoting the scriptures to explain a moral situation has become a civil offense. One could lose her job for it, or be in danger of a jail term!

Where such threats don’t exist, the saint still feels the discomfort of talking about God’s love when millions are suffering from all sorts of things.

There is another story. Won’t the LORD move in and make everything square? Of course, He will. Between now and God’s intervention, David has resolved the following:-

He will lead a blameless life in the many different spheres of life.

He is a family man. He will have a godly face around his house.

He is living in a world of faithlessness. He will not be part of it. Let there be a distance between David and the evildoers. He shall not maintain fellowship with wicked men and women.

He is living among men and women who pride themselves on wrongdoing. Highly materialistic and selfish. They care nothing about the neighbor. He will not tolerate it.

But there is a ray of hope coming from a few faithful servants of the LORD God. He will keep their company. He will consult with them. They are his allies.

This is our world.

We cannot raise a white flag, declaring peaceful coexistence and acceptance – being cool about everything going on. This is not David’s position!

We can let the world know our position, even in our quietness. We can keep a distance. We can declare God’s love and justice.

David is in a position of authority. He can decide from the top who to work with. The saint may not have this luxury, but let the world know your position. Don’t participate. Don’t tolerate it. Don’t keep cool about it. Hurt inside at the sight of evil. Resist it. Hate wickedness.

You have authority at home. Don’t let wickedness breed from there.

You have some authority in your own office. Live blamelessly. The LORD Jesus Christ, by the Spirit of the LORD, makes it possible for us to take on these mountains. And we can always pray that we are not tempted beyond our capacity to endure.

Like David, we too have our own thrones. In many cases, we can decide who to work with. We can decide who to marry. We can decide who to hang out with. We can decide what ideas to accept, question, or completely reject and hate. May the LORD help us.

There is work to do before the LORD comes to make everything square once again. That’s your space!

Loving Scripture….

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  1. It has been exciting learning how God can make things happen to his choosen one, God workout something wonderful and fulfils the promises he made to the father of Joseph.

    God’s words remains true so are his promises and indeed it has been God working out the salvation of man Kind by Grace through Faith alone.

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  11. Profound. My life needs a new introduction to God. Not that I have been right, but because God desires to help me… I see an amazing Grace here. Having broken the first commandment, still God looks for me and helps me to build up with him… And live for him. A littles knowledge of the Lord will ignite my passion and desire to serve him. This morning I pledge to seek, live and serve the Lord Jesus Christ and His purposes everyday of my life.
    Beautiful lesson

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  12. The Lord reintroduces himself and shows Israel, He is all they need. Some boast in horses and others in chariots but we’ll boast in the Lord. He is able and the only one worthy of our trust. Lord teach me how to always look up to you at all times and not focus on my strength or capabilities. This is my prayer

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  14. This far too common today. Just do something that seems like true worship yet it’s intent and actual practice is not even close to the set standard by the Lord. I personally feel challenged of some things we do in our personal lives, the focus of many churches and ministries today. We’ll need to realize the Lord must be worship as he has personally guided. Provides a good start of my reflection today

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  15. In those days when there was no King everyone did as they pleased. This is a good reminder to us that we are on own when the King of Kings isn’t leading our lives we’ll be doing what is not right and the results will show clearly how life without Christ looks like. We thank God that even when it looks like he’s not there, he’s behind the scenes working. I have learnt to trust in the Lord always.

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  16. Iam seeing this being stressed… There was no King in Israel… So lawlessness is the order of the day. This shows how heartless and wicked man can be with out the right King in his life. He can do anything. May the Lord help us to allow Christ in our lives that every aspect of our lives is changed and we yield ourselves to him alone.

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  17. I’m sure as the two daughters in-law stayed in Naomi’s home they learned about the God of Israel and appreciated His works among his people. Ruth’s determination and what she says moves my heart. She’s convinced she must go with Naomi and wants to spend her life with her, this relationship was strong especially between a mother inlaw and a daughter in-law. Yet Ruth stays and how she puts it shows the depth of her heart, I’ll go with with you, your people will be my people, your God will be my God…

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