God's Answers To Life's Ultimate Question

No matter how many years I went to school or how many tests I took, nothing was more disappointing or discouraging than to be reminded that my answers did not agree with the teacher’s questions. Whenever there was a disagreement, I had to defer to the teacher’s wisdom, knowledge, and learning.

And when David asked God for the answer to “Life’s Ultimate Question,” God responded by giving him a simple, straightforward, easy-to-understand answer: “The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart.” God’s words to David address our walk, our work, and our talk – which covers every aspect of our lives.

To walk blamelessly requires us to live and walk the way God would have us to walk: in His path - which is following God’s rules and regulations. His Word is not open to negotiation. We can accept it or reject it but not change it to suit our needs.

To do what is righteous requires that we are to behave – to live our lives – in ways that are consistent with the character of God. Our God is a loving God, a holy God, and a saving and serving God. Righteousness goes far beyond piety because one can be pious and not do God’s work in His world. Piety is a self-serving way of living.

To speak the truth from our hearts means that our walk and our talk are consistent and continual and conform to God’s Word and come from the very center of our being.

Prayer: Give us the strength, Father, to persevere under pressure and walk, do, and speak Your Word. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Scripture For Today:  Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts. Psalm 15:2 

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Has Anyone Here Seen God?

A rather well to do person decided that he would visit a church in a poverty-stricken area to see how people in the “poor section” of town worshiped. On the bottom of the cover of the Sunday bulletin was a statement that shocked him: “Not all who worship here are Christians. Do not leave your purse or any other personal belongings unattended.”

It is tragic, but true, that many who profess one thing do not practice what they preach. But, we who claim to be followers of Jesus are responsible for living as He lived by doing the things He did. We are to back up our beliefs with our behavior. It is not how we want to live that matters. It is how God expects us to live that matters and must make the difference in our lives an obligation.

When the gears of a transmission turn inside of its transmission case, it will cause the crankshaft to turn, and the car will be ready to move when it is put in gear.

So it is with a Christian.

When our hearts are “turned” by the Holy Spirit to the things of God, we will be ready to serve the Lord. When this happens, others will see us “move” or live in agreement with His Word and His ways.

The life of the Christian is much more than churchgoing, Bible-reading, hymn-singing, and tithe-giving. If we do all of those “good things,” we will still fall short of how God intends us to live: walk blamelessly and live righteously.

The Psalmist said that we are to be “blameless in your walk...and do what is righteous.” Being blameless means that when others look at us, they find no faults in the way we live because we walk in righteous paths – for His Name’s sake.

Prayer:  Sometimes, Lord, what You ask of us seems unreal, even unfair. But, through Christ all things for God are possible. Help us to live righteously. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Scripture For Today:  Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts. Psalm 15:2 

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God's Answers To Life's Question

GOD’S ANSWERS TO LIFE’S QUESTION

No matter how many years I went to school or how many tests I took, nothing was more disappointing or discouraging than to be reminded that my answers did not agree with the teacher’s questions. Whenever there was a disagreement, I had to defer to the teacher’s wisdom, knowledge and learning.

And when David asked God for the answer to “Life’s Ultimate Question” God responded by giving him a simple, straightforward, easy-to-understand answer: “The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart.” God’s words to David address our walk, our work and our talk – which covers every aspect of our lives.

To walk blamelessly requires us to live and walk in God’s path by being obedient to God’s rules and regulations. His Word is not open to our interpretation nor do we have the right to pick and choose what we will or will not do. If He said it, we are to obey it and do it!

To do what is righteous requires that we are to behave – to live our lives – in ways that are consistent with the character of God. Our God is a loving God, a holy God and a saving and serving God. Righteousness goes far beyond piety because one can be pious and not do God’s work in His world.

To speak the truth from our hearts means that our walk and our talk are consistent and conform to God’s Word and come from the very center of our being.

Prayer: Give us the strength, Father, to persevere under pressure and walk, do and speak Your Word. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Scripture for Today: Psalm 15:2 The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart.