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# 50 2020 Dev. Psalm 101:6. Peace! Read all of Psalm 101. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 101:6 “My eyes will be on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me; the one whose walk is blameless
will minister to me.”
Ps. 101 starts a new series of 10 Psalms This series is like a Psalm within the Psalms. The series is complementary from front to back: Ps. 101 with 110 and 102 with 109 and so on. Psalm 101, the King is speaking the words of God.
Vs. 1-3a. The king’s world and life view: “I will be careful to lead a blameless life… I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.”
Vs. 3b-4. The king is still speaking in the first person: “I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part of it. I will have nothing to do with what is evil.” The king makes a personal decision. In todays everyday life and political life, we would do well to pay close attention. The king’s words and actions bestow peace upon the the people of the land.
Vs 5-6 are the center of the Psalm, they are opposed to each other and stand alone. V. 5 the slanderer and the “haughty” will not be tolerated. V.6 but he approves the “faithful” and the “blameless will minister to me.” What is evil tears down, what is good builds up.
Vs. 7-8 The king will not tolerate “deceit” or “falsehood” or “wicked” people or “evildoers”. The king is speaking as one ordained by God to suppress evil and do good; that is the role of those who God has placed over the land. “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established” (Ro 13:1-5). If we are to have peace in the land leaders must do what the Psalmist is telling us. However, it is not enough to desire peace in the land, we also must have peace in our hearts, without fixing our hearts we will not find peace. That was the meaning of the first Christmas and still is the true meaning today: that people turn their hearts back to God, that we turn our hearts back to each other. Christmas is a time for hope and peace, Christ came to set us free from the evil the Psalmist opposes. Please pray for our country and for a change in our hearts. We thank God for His salvation!
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