Psalms 19:14
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable in your sight,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
Tag: Acceptable in His Sight
We spend most of our time in our walk on this earth worried about whether we will be “accepted” in the sights of others. We worry if our supervisors will “accept” us. We worry if our friends will “accept” us. We worry if society will “accept” us. The style of clothes we were today is probably more focused on “acceptance” than utilitarian in nature. The cars we drive are advertised that we will be “accepted” by others. We seem to be bent on “impressing” the world around us. We so much want our walk and talk to be accepted. Yet, in the above verse, King David closes one of the most awesome Psalms about God’s character with a plea to be “accepted” by God, not man. David has just spoken about “natural revelation” (how creation tells us about God) and “special revelation” (how God’s Word tells us about God). In fact, he has just told us the value of God’s Word:
Psalms 19:11
Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
As he closes out the Psalm on this subject of God’s great revelation to us, he draws one conclusion: We are to use that revelation to strive to be “accepted” by God. How do we do that? It is only through faith we can please God:
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
We must come to Christ in faith to be received by God.
John 1:12
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
God is the One we need to be accepted by. We ought not to worry about the World. It is God we want to work for, dress for, live for. He must accept us.
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