- Psalm 4:2 (NAS) O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah.
How long will you …
love what is worthless …
and aim at deception?
Isn’t reading God’s word amazing?
I mean, don’t all Christians know and drink in these amazing statements from God daily and allow their Sovereign Lord to fill them with wonder and the goodness of his Spirit?
Maybe not.
And we don’t because often we aim at the wrong things when we pick up God’s holy book the Bible. And we aim at the wrong things because we love the wrong things.
- An example: I pick up my Bible to find something to make my life better – the life direction and calling I have chosen – as opposed to reading God’s holy book to come into his presence and letting him speak to me and set the course of my life.
Reading God’s words certainly has the potential to “make my life better.” But is that a life I choose or a life I discover as I follow my Lord and Savior?
Can we understand and accept that the best path, the path God has for each of us, is beyond us? Beyond our purview? Beyond our sight, our range of vision?
We cannot choose the path because we do not know the way. Left alone our vision for life is a mirage, vanity and lies.
- Psalm 4:2 (ESV) O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
How long …
Until we understand we have one hope, one Way, and we better stay close.
So how do we love the good and aim at truth. Here is solid direction from a few thousand years ago.
- Know
- Tremble
- Meditate
- Offer
- Trust
- Psalm 4:2-5 (NASB) O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah. 3 But know that the LORD has set apart the godly man for Himself; The LORD hears when I call to Him. 4 Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the LORD.
Good stuff – rain from heaven shared from a follower of God who has preceded us on the path of God by thousands of years.
Millenniums and yet the same…
It is the same. Same God. Same words.
Same tugging and calling on our lives to come into the presence of God Almighty and drink in what is good and true.
So ..
- Know the treasure of your position before God.
- Bow low and tremble before the God who has brought you to this place.
- Be quiet before him.
- Offer your righteous service to him.
- Trust him
And drink in the rain of heaven … from God to you.
Blessing.
