PSALM 101 3

 

PSALM 101 3

Psalm 101:6 I will keep a protective eye on the godly, so they may dwell with me in safety. Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me. NLT

The Psalmist raises a very important issue in today’s verse. “Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me.” What David says can be applied to God as well. We must ask ourselves if we are living above reproach as we endeavor to serve the Lord. Does God approve of the lives that we live?

Note that God keeps a protective eye on the godly. We used to sing, “His Eye is on the Sparrow.”. The Scriptures make it very clear that God did not create the universe and go on an extended vacation from it. No, He is ever watching over all that He has made, keeps it functioning as it should, and will make all things new. Not only that, but He watches over the godly. He never leaves us to fend for ourselves, nor does He forsake us. He instead is with us each step we take and protects us from the evil that tries to engulf our souls as we lean on Him and trust Him with our lives.

Note also that the Lord will help the godly as they serve Him. The Lord’s desire is that we dwell with Him. He longs for us to constantly abide in Him. He longs for us to embrace Hiim even as He embraces us. He cherishes our friendship and wants us to remain faithful to Him so that we can spend eternity with Him.

The Lord blesses those who live above reproach and serve Him. We serve Him in a wide variety of ways, the main things we must always strive to do is to let Him be seen in all that we do. He is to be noticed, not us or our ministries. All that we do ought to be a witness of His love and grace. We ought always direct praise to Him for He is the one who changes us, equips, and enables us to do what we do. Rom. 12:1 We ought to be willing to tell whoever will listen what the Lord has and is doing in our lives. I Cor. 2:4-16: I John 1:1-7 People need to see the workings of God we do, and they need to hear from our own lips what God is doing in our lives.

One of the things we dare not miss is that God says that only those who live above reproach may serve Him. He does not honor the good that we do when we do them with a sinful heart. There is much good that is done every day by people who think that they will earn God’s favor by doing it. However, there is only one way that God will honor the good we do and that is through Christ. Only Jesus can purify our hearts so that what we do is blessed by God. Only Jesus can make us clean vessels fit for service to God.