An Assignment that I did for school this week...
~Psalm
5 (ESV)~
1
Give
ear to my words, O Lord;
Consider
my groaning.
2
Give
attention to the sound of my cry,
My
King and my God,
For
to You do I pray.
3
O
Lord, in the morning You hear my
Voice;
In
the morning I prepare a sacrifice for You and watch.
4
For
You are not a God who delights in
Wickedness;
Evil
many not dwell with You.
5
The
boastful shall not stand before Your
Eyes;
you hate all evildoers.
6
You
destroy those who speak lies;
The
Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
7
But
I, through the abundance of your
Steadfast
love,
Will
enter your house.
I
will bow down toward Your Holy temple
In
fear of You.
8
Lead
me, O Lord, in your righteousness
Because
of my enemies;
Make
Your way straight before me.
9
For
there is no truth in their mouth;
Their
in
most
self is destruction;
Their
throat is an open grave;
They
flatter with their tongue.
10
Make
them bear their guilt, O God;
Let
them fall by their own counsels;
Because
of the abundance of their transgressions cast them out,
For
they have rebelled against You.
11
But let all who take refuge in You
Rejoice;
Let
them ever sing for joy,
And
spread your protection over them,
That
those who love your name may
Exult
in You.
12
For You bless the righteous. O Lord;
You
cover him with favour as with a
Shield.
~God,
thank You for being my hiding place from my own sin. Thank You that the
destruction of my sin is
Not my job because I would chose not to some
days.~
These
chapters (Psalm 4-7) bring me comfort when I feel like I am drowning in my own
sin. It reminds me that I can hide in His presence for such evil cannot dwell
there. He will save me when I call out to His name and all that is evil within
me must obey His voice. It reminds me to rely on His strength and saving power
because I get tired trying to fix myself. I am utterly grateful for the grace
through which God can look down upon me and allow me into His Presence. When I
am in his presence He destroys the part of me that speaks lies, murders, lusts
after meaningless things, and deceives those around me. It brings me the
greatest joy to be in His house and great comfort to know that even across the
ocean, I can never leave His Presence. It reminds me that my salvation in not
based upon my ability but on Christ’s. To know this makes serving Him and
walking with Him daily so much easier.
Verses
like Psalm 23:1-3 and Philippians 2:12-13 remind me that God is the one who
does the work in my heart so that I may want to do His will and hear His voice.
He teaches me to hear His voice upon my heart in ways similar to how I teach my
horse to hear my voice through my actions. He is consistent and faithful. It is
only by the grace of God that I can even desire to enter into His presence and
serve in His Kingdom let alone hear His voice, for that I am eternally
grateful! His favour covers me and changes my heart to reflect His. To be able
to read His word and see how He works in our hearts takes away the stress of
having to strive because it shows me that I can never be who He wants me to be,
alone, but that He is the one who does that work in my heart. Obedience like
that of Noah, Joseph, Abraham, and David flows out of a heart changed by God. I
pray that my heart would be so changed and continued to be changed all the days
of my life.
