Psalm 101:1-8
David wrote this psalm. As we can see, he seems to be making vows before the Lord related to his personal responsibilities as well as to his governmental responsibilities as king. None of us is perfect in this life but that does not mean we should not strive for perfection.
The Apostle Paul stated it this was in Philippians 3:12:
“I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.”
Philippians 3:12 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/php.3.12.NLT
David was very cognizant of God’s love and justice, two themes that we have discussed the last few days. David was no stranger to both personal failures and corporate failures. Personal failures tend to bleed out to other areas of our life as was the case with David. In his failures, he experience both God’s love and God’s justice. Just because David was a ‘man after God’s own heart’, it didn’t mean God didn’t correct him when he was wrong. David experience the justice of God when he was wrong and the justice of God when he was right, as justice plays no favorites. David’s goal, as evidenced in this psalm, was to always be on the right side of justice. Hence, he is making personal vows to stay on the straight and narrow and corporate vows to ferret out the wicked from the city.
Good leaders do that. They look at how to be better themselves so they can be better for those whom they serve. Wickedness is a restless evil and must be rooted out of any society for it seeks to destroy the very fabric societies are built upon. As a nation, the United States, seems to be going through such a purging of divisive factions and factors that have caused chaos and lawlessness to raise their ugly heads. God’s justice will prevail and the wicked will be rooted out. We have nothing to worry about provided on we are on the right side of it. In fact, we have a Scriptural duty according to 1 Corinthians 5:13 to “remove the evil person from among you.”
People have a hard time balancing love and justice but remember, justice plays no favorites. Justice is not unloving but rather necessary to ensure it is equal for all, for those who do right and for those who do wrong. There is nothing loving about allowing those who work against the fabric of our society to remain for they hurt the very ones we claim we love. We must understand this for there will be a final judgment at the end of this age where God, in His love and justice for the righteous, will remove the wicked.
The Apostle Paul stated it this was in Philippians 3:12:
“I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.”
Philippians 3:12 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/php.3.12.NLT
David was very cognizant of God’s love and justice, two themes that we have discussed the last few days. David was no stranger to both personal failures and corporate failures. Personal failures tend to bleed out to other areas of our life as was the case with David. In his failures, he experience both God’s love and God’s justice. Just because David was a ‘man after God’s own heart’, it didn’t mean God didn’t correct him when he was wrong. David experience the justice of God when he was wrong and the justice of God when he was right, as justice plays no favorites. David’s goal, as evidenced in this psalm, was to always be on the right side of justice. Hence, he is making personal vows to stay on the straight and narrow and corporate vows to ferret out the wicked from the city.
Good leaders do that. They look at how to be better themselves so they can be better for those whom they serve. Wickedness is a restless evil and must be rooted out of any society for it seeks to destroy the very fabric societies are built upon. As a nation, the United States, seems to be going through such a purging of divisive factions and factors that have caused chaos and lawlessness to raise their ugly heads. God’s justice will prevail and the wicked will be rooted out. We have nothing to worry about provided on we are on the right side of it. In fact, we have a Scriptural duty according to 1 Corinthians 5:13 to “remove the evil person from among you.”
People have a hard time balancing love and justice but remember, justice plays no favorites. Justice is not unloving but rather necessary to ensure it is equal for all, for those who do right and for those who do wrong. There is nothing loving about allowing those who work against the fabric of our society to remain for they hurt the very ones we claim we love. We must understand this for there will be a final judgment at the end of this age where God, in His love and justice for the righteous, will remove the wicked.
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