Thursday, 26 February 2009

• Psalm 15-16

  Will I be shaken in a mind full worries and a world full of 'enemies'? In Psalm 15, David, knowing him from his heartfelt prayers to God, says

   

  "He whose walk is blameless" (v.2)..."He who does these things [ref: v.2-4],
  "will never be shaken." (Psa 15:5)

   

  He whose walk is blameless is the one who may dwell in your sanctuary (v.1), the holiest of the holies in a temple of worship, i.e. closest to God. Can David enter into God's sanctuary? Is he someone that is blameless and not be shaken? Psalm 15 doesn't say. Can I? After reading v.2-4, I know I cannot. Then, in Psalm 16,

   

  "I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand,
  I will not be shaken." (Psa 16:8)

   

  It is the Lord by our side that I will never be shaken! And our Lord is like this (v.5-7): LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.

  "Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
         my body also will rest secure...you will not abandon me to the grave,...
  you will fill me with joy in your presence, 
  with eternal pleasures at your right hand. (Psa 16:9,11)

   

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