Monday, July 17, 2006

Psalm 66

This Psalm is awesome.. the whole thing just praises God for what He's done and how He's answered prayer. I like the last 3 verses:

If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened,
But truly God has listened;
he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

Blessed be God,
because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me!

It's a warning to us, David was able to praise God for everything He has done, because he obeyed God, so God answered his prayers. We cannot hide iniquity in us, we can't harbor sin in our lives. That one little thing we don't want to let go will destroy our relationship w/ God, He is holy, and cannot except anything from us but perfection. Now, obviously, we can't do that, live perfectly... not on our own, we need to trust Christ to help us live our lives in an acceptable way, just as we trusted Him w/ our salvation.

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