Psalm 36 – Justification, Sanctification and Songs within Psalms

Afternoon Afternoon, doesnt quite have the same ring as Morning Morning now does it.  Guess thats just the way the world makes sense yet again haha. Anyway hows all ppls doin? Hopefully good…….anyway well new news in ~LisaLand~ ^TM hmm…..not much goin on i will admit. Except in the crazy world of AC systems i reached 100 everyone applauding now…….throwing roses too?  Now come on stay sane now ppl hehe  Anyway here is todays psalm, wrapped with comments, funny how ppl say wrapped with hugs or something, so this is wrapped with comments, yea ok nevamind, makes sense to me  anyway here ya go:

 

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    Sin whispers to the wicked, deep within their hearts.
       They have no fear of God to restrain them.

Very true, if we dont believe there is a God and have no fear of being judged then really there is nothing stopping us from doing wat we want.

    ²
    In their blind conceit,
       they cannot see how wicked they really are.

Very true, ppl often hav this illusion that they are ok ppl, no no no we are ALL sinners, every single one of us does wrong or has done wrong at some point in our lives. We cant help it cause we were made that way.

    ³
    Everything they say is crooked and deceitful.
       They refuse to act wisely or do what is good.

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    They lie awake at night, hatching sinful plots.
       Their course of action is never good.
       They make no attempt to turn from evil.

    ⁵
    Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens;
       your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds.

I love the way that David suddenly praises God mid-psalm here……isnt this sort of in the song Your Love oh Lord, by third day i believe. Sorry i just remembered it was asked that if we came across scripture which is in songs to mention it. Well theres parts of this psalm throughout that song i believe.

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    Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains,
       your justice like the ocean depths.
    You care for people and animals alike, O LORD.

Yes this first part, which continues with I will lift my voice, to worship you my king, I will find my strength in the shadow of your wings. (See verse 7)

   
    ⁷ How precious is your unfailing love, O God!
    All humanity finds shelter
       in the shadow of your wings.

Anyway gettin back on track to commenting rather than singing…..no not singing out loud rite now but i am singing in my head. All of us find shelter in the shadow of His wings, any thoughts on this here as Im pretty sure that in order to find shelter from God you need to seek God and not all of humanity seeks God rite?

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    You feed them from the abundance of your own house,
       letting them drink from your rivers of delight.

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    For you are the fountain of life,
       the light by which we see.

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    Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you;
       give justice to those with honest hearts.

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    Don’t let the proud trample me;
       don’t let the wicked push me around.

    ¹²
    Look! They have fallen!
       They have been thrown down, never to rise again.

This reminded me of a conversation I had yesterday, not sure entirely how…. but we were discussing the difference between justification and sanctification. And how its incredibly important that christians dont get caught by the trap of legalism.

As soon as we accept Christ into our lives, we are justified before God. We are made holy, in relationship with Him from then onward, nothing we can do can ever change that.

Once we accept Him we enter the continuous process of sanctification, by which we are made more Christlike. Therefore if we sin and mess up, it doesnt make us a ‘worse christian’ than someone who doesnt, we never mess up the justification process. We can always come before God confident that He will accept us, we only mess up in the sanctification process. But it is by these mess up that we learn.

So neva be discouraged that you are no longer right with God because you constantly mess up, this is a human illusion. As soon as you accept Christ, you are justified. End of Story.

Sorry i know that was off topic but i felt like adding that in there. Later y’all……

~Lissy~