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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.