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Daily Devotion: Psalm 101:1-2

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Psalm 101:1-2    A Psalm of David. "I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.  (2)  I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart."

I'm not certain how old David was when he wrote this Psalm. He might have written it when he was at the highest level of spirituality. He may have written it when he was a young shepherd boy. He may have written it when he became king. Or, he may have written it after he had been at the lowest point of spirituality and trying to come back to the place where he felt the closeness of God. Most of us can relate to one or more of these scenarios. We've been rejoicing on the mountaintop. We've been asking for forgiveness in the valley. We've been young and made a determination that we would always walk closely to God. Wherever we have been, or wherever we might be today, in our spiritual walk, there is always hope. There is always that place where we make the determination that our lives will be filled with singing of God's mercy and grace. There is always that place where we promise ourselves that we will walk and "behave ourselves wisely in a perfect way."  

But as I look more closely at verse 2, it seems David was feeling somewhat separated from God's fellowship. "O when wilt thou come unto me?" Could David have been making promises to God? I wish I could sit here and type the words that say, "I've always been faithful to my promises to God." BUT, I can't truthfully do that. I know what the Bible says about making promises and not keeping them. I have no excuse other than my own weakness, but just as David, I was always sincere at the moment. I repeat myself, "Wherever we have been, or wherever we might be today, in our spiritual walk, there is always hope." The reason for the hope is not in our promises; rather, we have hope because our Lord is faithful. Even in our weakness, God is faithful. Even when we fail, God is faithful. When we promise to do better, God is faithful. Do you get the picture? God's mercy is based upon Him, not me. I'm so very thankful and I love to sing of His mercy and faithfulness.

Great is thy faithfulness, O God, my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with thee.
Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not;
As thou hast been, thou forever wilt be.

Refrain:
Great is thy faithfulness,
Great is thy faithfulness,
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed thy hand hast provided;
Great is thy faithfulness,
Lord unto me.

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