The Psalms are an amazing record of the writers understanding of God, His approachability, understanding and power. In the five books of the Psalms you find it all, pure praise, requests for God to destroy enemies, personal contrition and sorrow for sin, the joy of knowing and obeying the precepts of God. The Psalmists, in response to all this, express a strong desire to please this amazing God.
I was reading Psalm 19 and was captured by it again, especially the final verse. David is pretty much agreeing that everything God has to say to us is perfect, his law, his commandments, precepts - all good. So he concludes with his own commitment to have his words and meditations be acceptable to God. Here’s what he said. “Let the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.”
We have God as our audience and should want our thoughts and words to please Him. Additionally, thoughts and words are so interwoven. It is from our heart, our attitudes, what we are dwelling on, that words come from. Do we harbor resentment, bitterness, anger, jealousy, lust, hurt, superiority, or any such thing? Our words will ultimately betray us and what we say will cause our God to grieve rather than be pleased. Let’s do a quick inventory. Would God applaud our thoughts and words so far today? We love His words. Let’s be sure He loves ours.
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