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It’s been a
string of praise psalms for the last few days.
It’s been an incredible journey to remember that our hearts should be
lifted up. Why should our hearts be
lifted up? We are His people. We are the sheep of His pasture. We belong to God, and God is Lord over
all. That’s reason to give praise right
there.
That being
said, Psalm 101 brings us back to reality.
Do you hear the words of warning in this psalm? The slanderer will be destroyed. The haughty and the arrogant will not be tolerated. No deceitful person will dwell with the
Lord. The liar will be a curse before
God.
We have
every reason to celebrate, but we also have every reason to stay alert. Remember the lessons about cheap and costly
grace from Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Cheap
grace tells us about God’s love but never encourages us to change. It is costly grace – the kind of grace that
God spent in coming to earth to die for us – that calls us to change and become
more like Him.
Yes, God is
love. Yes, God calls to us and embraces
us in relationship. But in doing so, He
asks us to pursue righteousness. He
wants us to live in the light of His truth.
He wants us to cast aside lies and deceit and slander. He wants us to live like Him.
We are to be
joyful and give praise to God. But it
can’t stop there. God’s love transforms
us. God’s love brings about change. God’s love transforms us into beings that we
cannot be without Him.
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