Psalm 101:2
“I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.”
It seems as though I can still hear my mother telling me to behave. The very fact that she was speaking in a stern tone was a sure indication that I had been misbehaving. I wish I could say that I immediately obeyed, but the truth of the matter is that most times I continued doing what I had been doing.
It is one thing to misbehave in such a way as to disappoint our earthly parents, or even ourselves. Far greater is the misbehavior that disappoints God. His Spirit is with His children and He knows exactly what we are doing at all times. When we hear the voice of God speaking, our response should always be to immediately behave!
The Psalmist gives us a beautiful picture of a sincere prayer. In this prayer he is telling the Lord that he will behave wisely in a perfect way! When we behave in the way we should, we want the Lord to be near us. That is why the Psalmist pleads with God to come to him.
Let us make a new commitment to the Lord to walk in such a perfect way that we can truly behave as we should spiritually. That means searching the Scripture to determine the way we should walk and then walk that path.
May God richly bless you as you bless others by your words and actions!
– – – Pastor Cecil