The list below is an excellent, 10-point plan for any person who desires to lead a godly life.
The life principles are simple to understand and have obvious protective benefits to those who practice them.
Ironically, the author who was so careful to practice them for so long — King David — was also one who later threw these principles under the chariot wheels in a terribly bad season of his life.
As you read this list, recall from David’s life what can happen when we don’t follow David’s divinely inspired teaching from Psalm 101:
- I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.
- I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar.
- I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them.
- I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every evil.
- I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbors.
- I will not endure conceit and pride.
- I will search for faithful people to be my companions.
- Only those who are above reproach will be allowed to serve me.
- I will not allow deceivers to serve in my house, and liars will not stay in my presence.
- My daily task will be to ferret out the wicked and free the city of the Lord from their grip.
Please, be a person of integrity in every setting. Including those times at the computer when nobody is around… except the Lord.
Search for faithful people to be your companions. Why? Because of what Paul wrote in I Cor. 15:33 — “Make no mistake. Bad company corrupts good character.”
Our cities are increasingly under the grip of the wicked, perhaps not in violence but still in promoting greed and condoning immorality.
Let’s ferret it out, even when we go to the voting booth to select candidates who are above reproach.
Being faithful doesn’t require being a genius, as the above list proves. It does, however, take integrity.
Let’s do what God said through David’s pre-Bathsheba writing. Our world will become a better place as each of us do so.
As always, I love you
Martin
