Thursday, July 16, 2015

Start Time: 4:45 AM

End Time: 5:13 AM

Title: A David Psalm.

Scriptures: Psalm 139:1 - 24

God’s Message/Promise/Commands:

Good morning!  What a wonderful lesson we have today from the one of the greatest human king himself, David.  I love how David is firm with his beliefs and how he stood by them despite of its unpopularity.  But most of all, I love his openness to God...let me explain further, everything is laid before God...everything about us whether we intend for Him to see or not...but the difference between us and David's life is that he is always almost conscious of this.  Look at how he humbly spoke to God about investigating his life.  This is a man speaking with firm belief that he has truly nothing to hide.  A man who not just know that God is everywhere or omnipresence but a man who literally walked with God each day with full knowledge that everything he did, say or act is with God's consent.  So he was humble and brave to ask God to investigate his life!  In the later verse, he even asked God to cross-examine and test him.  Most of the time, we are not so willing to have this done especially with the knowledge of all the things we did in the past and even in the present or in the future.  But David was different - clearly, this man has nothing to hide and that is primarily because he walked with God each day of his life and all his actions were with consent from the Lord most High!  Now, I want to live a life like that.  A life not just open book to God because He is omnipresence but because I am conscious that He is with me at all times.  Isn't that a great life to live?  To live with God by your side each and every time.  Now, I also want to point out David's great attitude, specifically his humbleness, his humility.  In verse 24, David said, See for yourself whether I’ve done anything wrong—then guide me on the road to eternal life.  So David was not asking God to examine him as if he was bragging that his life is pure and right... in fact, he was asking God to examine him so God can pinpoint to him what he has done wrong then guide him on the road to eternal life.  Because the road to eternal life is the "wilderness" - where the Israelites wandered for 40 years and God weed out anyone who was not for Him.  So David knew that even before he can attain the eternal life that God has promised all of us, he needs to go through a weeding out process in the wilderness and so I see that this request to God to examine or investigate his life was more out of his desire to reach the promised land (eternal life with God in His presence).  Hallelujah!

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank You for a wonderful reminder and lesson today.  I am blessed to know that after centuries ago, I can still learn from the people You touched and used in the past in today's life and journey.  Lord I am grateful for the life of King David and I want to have the same heart as his, which is ultimately, Your heart Lord.  Help me to be humble like David who every day will see You with me in my every day activity and not just knowing that Your omnipresence.  Help to fully understand what You being omnipresence means and to walk with You each day of my life, with a conscious though of Your presence Lord in my life.  Help me to have the same heart and request like David.  I ask You Lord to examine myself as well.  I cannot say like David that I have done nothing wrong because I did, do and will probably still in the future.  But Lord I want You to search my heart, examine it then guide me to the way to Your eternal life.  I want to go through the weeding process so I can be suitable for Your kingdom and Your presence when the time comes that I reach the promise land.  Help me Lord in all this process as I am weak on my own.  In Jesus' Name, Amen!