Running After God

Psalm 101:2

I will be careful to lead a blameless life-- when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.

In Psalm 101, David is proclaiming his desire to lead a blameless life and to lead his family in a blameless lifestyle.  As Christians, we all try to do what David proclaimed.  We plan to be in church whenever the doors are open, we plan to study the Bible daily, we plan to pray more often and we plan to love our neighbors, co-workers, strangers and even our enemies.  We plan to have our families follow our good example.  Yet we fail just as David failed.  At best, we can usually claim limited success.

David's story should give us great hope in our failure.  David sinned.  Yes he did.  But David was quick to confess his sins and to continue running after God.  A summary of David's writings in the Psalms could be stated as, "I am running after you, you've become my soul's delight! I am running after you, here with you I find my life!"  Because of David's desire for God, God loved David greatly.

Because of His love for David, God stood by David and saw to it that His perfect will and plan for David's life was fulfilled.  He will do the same for us if we run after Him.  He has a plan that allows us to overcome the frailty and sinfulness of our flesh.  "My grace is sufficient.  My strength is perfected in your weakness."  This is God's promise to us as written in 2 Corinthians 12.  When we accept Jesus as Our Savior, the promises of the Father are assured.

Nonetheless, our challenges will continue.  Moment by moment, we can choose to submit to the will of Jesus in our lives or we can choose to submit to the desires of our flesh.  The perfect choice is always there for us.  We simply have to receive the perfect gift of grace that has been promised to us.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, we thank You for the gift of grace that allows us to overcome the torments of our flesh.  We rejoice in knowing that the Holy Spirit remains with us always to provide the strength we need to overcome the attacks of the enemy.  As we make our choices in life, Father, we pray that our allegiance is always to You.  We pray that we do not waver a moment as we choose to serve You in accordance with Your will and purpose for our lives.  We ask all these things in the name of the Great Rock in a Weary Land, Jesus Christ.