This is a delightful follow-up to what I wrote in the previous blog. I appreciate David’s heart here for that which God desires, and to stay far away from that which God does not. Again, as a performance standard, it probably isn’t too helpful, but as a way to live in his freedom, these are some awesome thoughts.
Taken from Psalm 101 in The Message (Emphasis mine):
My theme song is God’s love and justice, and I’m singing it right to you, God.
I’m finding my way down the road of right living, but how long before you show up?
I’m doing the very best I can, and I’m doing it at home, where it counts.
I refuse to take a second look at corrupting people and degrading things.
I reject made-in-Canaan gods, stay clear of contamination.
The crooked in heart keep their distance; I refuse to shake hands with those who plan evil.
I put a gag on the gossip who bad-mouths his neighbor;
I can’t stand arrogance.
But I have my eye on salt-of-the-earth people—they’re the ones I want working with me;
Men and women on the straight and narrow—these are the ones I want at my side.
But no one who traffics in lies gets a job with me; I have no patience with liars.
I’ve rounded up all the wicked like cattle and herded them right out of the country.
I purged God’s city of all who make a business of evil.
An awesome and challenging way to live. God wants us to live in the absolutness of his freedom and this is had when our focus is on his character and not the workings of the world. The Lord has a higher way of thinking for his people.
An awesome and challenging way to live. God wants us to live in the absolutness of his freedom and this is had when our focus is on his character and not the workings of the world. The Lord has a higher way of thinking for his people.