Psalms 24:3-6 (ESV)
Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
who does not lift up his soul to what is false
and does not swear deceitfully.
He will receive blessing from the LORD
and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Such is the generation of those who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah
The above song of David’s addresses some of the same line of a previous song he wrote:
Psalms 15 (ESV)
A PSALM OF DAVID.
O LORD, who shall sojourn in your tent?
Who shall dwell on your holy hill?
He who walks blamelessly and does what is right
and speaks truth in his heart;
who does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the LORD;
who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
who does not put out his money at interest
and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.
Both of the poems have to do with the person of God who stands tall in a slouching world. Here are some of the takeaways for us. The person who would stand tall in a slouching world would be:
1. Would desire to fellowship and sojourn with God.
2. Would have clean hands, pure heart and speaks truth.
3. Would avoid falsehood at all costs whether in their own heart or from the lips of others.
4. Would live by a set of laws and rules that maintain integrity.
5. Would be assured to be blessed and held secure by God’s power and grace.
The entire guarantee to be blessed and secure is based upon a desire to fellowship with God based upon God’s character and attributes. God secures those who, by faith, wish to look like Him in front of the world around them.
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