Create in Me a Clean Heart: The 40-Day Challenge (Psalms)Sample

Walk Blamelessly

Psalm 15

In the Bible, we often encounter God’s promise that we will receive blessings in everything we do if we follow his ways. This promise works almost like a bargain - if we give to God, God will return good things to us. But we also know that in life even the most righteous people experience life’s tragedies and feel as if the Lord has abandoned them. So what to conclude? Did God only half mean what he said? It also seems that the righteous life should be easy and simple, that God’s people should always want to do good, act properly, and that they succeed in doing it without error.

Unfortunately - I would say more often than not - the pressures of life and our expectations make our human strength fail in this, God’s perfect plan. If we look at it with human eyes, that equation righteous life = successful and good life really doesn’t make sense. But what did God really mean? What does Psalm 15 tell us? A righteous life brings us closer to God and enables us to be immersed in His holiness. Such a righteous life does not come from a worldly motivation, but from a heart that wants to do what is pleasing to God. Such a man will never waver because his joy is always in what pleases the Lord. May God give us the strength to persevere in this!