The Devotional - 1491 - Humility overcomes worldliness

Thursday's Blog - 1491 - Humility overcomes worldliness

The Devotional – 1491 – Humility overcomes worldliness

Psalm 119:121-128 – I have done justice and righteousness; do not leave me to my oppressors. Be surety for Your servant for good; do not let the proud oppress me. My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation and Your righteous word. Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy, and teach me Your statutes. I am Your servant; Give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies. It is time for You to act, O Lord, for they have regarded Your law as void. Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, yes, than fine gold! Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right; I hate every false way. 

Comments and Challenges:

Humility is the cure for worldliness: The world around us cannot see “humility” since it is blinded by oppression. In other words; the oppression of the unjust and the unrighteous is the way of the world. Billboards proclaim unjust acts of conduct, radios blare the worldly oppression of music and news that is unfit for the human ear. Also ALL media; television, hi-fi, Wi-Fi and “who gives a fly” is the catalyst used to block the human being from knowing that he or she is made in the image of God, Genesis 1:26.

To those of us who are saved by Grace, God has provided opportunity through His Spirit and by the direction of His Word to not only know humility but to practice it too. The psalmist says: “I have done justice and righteousness, do not leave me to my oppressors”. The prayer that Jesus taught His disciples to pray is saying the same thing with words like, “deliver us from evil, for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory – forever. Amen.” Matthew 6:13.

Watching daily the psalmist says that his eyes are failing to see this deliverance from oppression. We must remember that this writer is not alone in this camp, he is with many prisoners who’s God is Jehovah and yet he is alone; just a small handful (maybe) as they seek for God to deliver them from evil. He says to the LORD, “work with me LORD in mercy and teach me your statutes, I need more understanding in order to know Your testimonies. My oppressors tell me daily that Your Law is void”.

The psalmist overrides this oppressive statement of unrighteousness with these wonderful words. “Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, yes than fine gold! Therefore all Your precepts concerning all things; I consider to be right, thus I hate every false way”. Humbleness of heart is not in any way giving up, but it is a bold action to correct worldliness. 

We must be first in humbleness of heart in our personal walk with God. “Lord, teach me your Statutes, I am your servant; give me understanding that I may know your testimonies”. As children of God we must be willing to lead the way; repenting begins with the saints of God, notice in closing this morning.

James 4:7-10 – Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.