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Discipleship Focus: Character
- Character: Having the interior life that is necessary to support the work that God sets before a person. It is hearing from God and obeying. It is doing the right thing when nobody is looking.
As we
look at these two psalms today, we should also think back to the psalms form
yesterday. Yesterday we pondered the
character of God as we were encouraged to lift up God and praise His name. Psalm 100 continues this theme as we focus in
once on God’s greatness.
However,
there is something very neat about where Psalm 101 takes us as we look at the
character of God. In Psalm 101 we get a
glimpse of a great human reaction to the study of God’s character. God’s character should inspire us. God’s character should change us. God’s character should cause us to live
differently. When we come in contact with
the divine, it is we who should come away different.
That’s
what Psalm 101 is all about. The
psalmist tells us that he is no longer going to welcome the ways of the
unrighteous. The psalmist is going to
intentionally live according to God’s ways.
The psalmist will look to encourage righteousness in others while abhorring
unrighteousness in others.
You see,
it is the psalmist who is changed by God.
The psalmist was born in sin; God and God’s character helps bring him to
a new place. That is how it should be
for all of us. God’s character – His righteousness,
grace, love, mercy, justice, wisdom, etc – should bring us to a new place where
we become more like Him and live that out in our life.
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