Psalm 101 - King James Version

 

Psalm 101 - King James Version

1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

God’s word continually admonishes us to sing and to give thanks to the Lord. When Moses crossed the Red Sea on dry land, which the Egyptians attempted to do and were drown, his sister Marian, led the women in songs of thanksgiving. The longest book in the Bible in terms of chapters is the Psalms, a book of songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. In the New Testament we read the following:

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching, and admonishing one another in psalms and in hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord,” Colossians 3:16.

In his letter to the Ephesians Apostle Paul says the same thing,

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 5:18-20

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.

David is trying to walk with God in total obedience. He’s desiring God above everything else. He’s love God first and foremost. He’s loving the Lord with his whole heart, body, mind, and spirit.

3 I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.

Let’s not set any wicked thing before our eyes. Let’s not watch programs on the Internet or on television that do not glorify God. Let’s not watch programs or read books that promote ideas that are contrary to our Biblical worldview. Let us guard what we allow ourselves to consume spiritually through our viewing and listening and reading.

How can we cast down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ, if we are nourishing ourselves with ungodly reading, viewing and listening?

Psalm 119:37 says, “Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity.” We need to shut off the television, or put down the book, and watch, or listen to something different on the internet.

If we think we can take the luxury to not be strict in our viewing, we are wrong. We are playing with spiritual forces and they will cleave unto us. Josuah warns about the importance of being vigilant in our walk and love for God.

Josuah 23:6-8 “Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: but cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.”

Josuah 23:11-13 “Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God. Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they unto you: know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off the good land which the Lord your God has given you.”

In the next chapter Josuah continues his admonition.

Josuah 24:20&23 “If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then He will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that He has done you good. … Now therefore put away, says he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your hearts unto the Lord God of Israel.”

Our husbands or wives should not cause us to worship other gods, which are not gods, but demonic spiritual forces. We should be instructing them in the ways of the Lord and winning them to the love of God found in Jesus. We should be discipling them, not they discipling us to follow the gods of this world.

4  A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

Be careful who you accept as friends. Your friends will influence you for good or for evil. They will help you walk closer to God, or they will pull you away from God. Choose your friends wisely.

5 Whoso privily slanders his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that has a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

6 My 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.

Choose your work mates or employees wisely. We all have influence. We are all influencing one another for good or for evil.

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.

Joshua in like manner admonished the people to choose whom they would serve.

Joshua 24:15 “Choose you this day whom ye will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Let us serve and love the Lord and teach and encourage our loved ones around us to do the same. To love the Lord with all our heart, and soul, and mind, which is the first and great commandment. Matthew 22:37.

Joshua 24:24 “And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and His voice will we obey.”

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