March 28, 2017
Your Innocence Radiates Like The Dawn
Commit everything you do to the Lord.
Trust him, and he will help you.
He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn,
and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.
Psalm 37:5-6
The psalmist, an old and very
wise teacher, crafted this psalm as an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which
begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Basically, the psalm
is a collection of wise sayings that contrast the lives of the wicked with the
lives of those who are faithful to God. The psalmist’s wisdom and experience
have taught him that the spoils of the wicked are “like grass, they soon fade away. Like spring flowers, they soon
wither” (Psalm 37:2), but the blessings of God are eternal.
The essential message of the
psalm is in verses 5-6:
“Commit everything you do to the Lord.
Trust him, and he will help you.
He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn,
and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.”
This is a very profound, yet
simple, way to pattern your life. First, you commit your life to God. Second,
you exercise faith in God by trusting Him with your life. Third, God will act.
The psalmist is not very specific about how God will act, but the description
is rather breathtaking. The psalmist is trying to describe the wonder, beauty
and awe associated with being in the presence of God. The reward for
faithfulness to God is being in perfect peace as you rest in the presence of
your Heavenly Father. Seven times the psalmist refers to the blessing of God
as, “The godly will possess the land and
will live there forever” (Psalm 37:29). This means the reward is eternal.
Our culture bombards us with
messages that rewards and blessings have to be tangible and received in the here and now. But God’s
blessings are His presence with us, now and forever. Because of God’s
faithfulness we can sing:
Blessed Be Your Name
In the land that is
plentiful
Where your streams of
abundance flow
Blessed be your name
Blessed Be Your name
When I'm found in the
desert place
Though I walk through
the wilderness
Blessed Be Your name
Blessed be Your name
When the sun's
shining down on me
When the world's 'all
as it should be'
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be Your name
On the road marked
with suffering
Though there's pain
in the offering
Blessed be Your name
Every blessing you
pour out
I'll turn back to
praise
When the darkness
closes in
Still I will say
Blessed be the name
of the Lord
Blessed Be Your Name
Matt Redman
Sē’lah
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(Selah is a word that appears in the
Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my
correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about
these things.)
These
meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his
way of life. The meditations are
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Publications by Alex M. Knight:
·
Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New
Testament and Psalms has been
published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.
·
The second
edition of First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.
·
Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus
Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.
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otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible,
New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House
Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream,
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