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Daily Devotion: Psalm 7:17

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Psalm 7:17    "I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high."

David wrote earlier in verse 8 of this Psalm, "... judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me." As he began to write concerning the wicked and seeking the Lord's judgment, his heart began to turn.  It seems to me that he must have begun to take inventory of his life even as he was speaking against others. For in the Psalm previous to this one, he cried out for mercy and now he was thinking about his own righteousness.

Surely David was enabled to see that his own righteousness was nothing in comparison to the holy perfection of our God.  Your and my righteousness is nothing without the shed blood of Jesus Christ. We cannot stand before the thrice Holy God trying to declare our own goodness.  I can assure you there will be no one standing in the portals of heaven trying to declare to God how great things we have done on earth.  There will be no one walking around heaven comparing stars and crowns. When we see the true glory of God all thoughts of goodness will be cast at the feet of our precious Lord. You can read in Revelation 4 that all crowns will be cast at the very feet of Jesus. He, alone, deserves all accolades of glory and goodness.

True worship occurs when that truth is understood. When David took his eyes off his own righteousness (which was nothing of himself), he then began to praise the LORD.  Many people think they will start going to church and be active in church when they get their lives straightened out. We can never straighten ourselves out. We need the Lord, whether it be on a personal basis, family basis, community basis, or national basis.  We are delivered by His righteousness alone. David realized this and at that time he declared, "I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high."  It is time for all God's people to begin praising the Almighty God instead of anything earthly that we think will fulfill our lives. Only Christ can do that.

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