Hiding Behind the Mask
of your Faith
Thanks for joining me for Coffee Hour @ Chicklit Power and
Wednesday’s Word @ Trench Classes United. It’s a great day for a Psalm! Grab
your coffee, (icedJ
) a pen, journal, your strand of faith and let’s get right into the word at
Psalm 19.
So within the first six verses we can see that this is a
Psalm of praise for God’s creation and His Word. I don’t know about you, but I
often miss the small things about creation that are really quite significant
when I press the pause button in my life and just gaze upon, for example, a new
flower in bloom, or the splendor of the hills, the mountains, the clouds, a
beautiful sunrise, the promise of a new day, and/or a beautiful sunset, a
beautiful finish to another day of life, and what about the new life I
described in Monday’s Mantra, the brand new humming birds born in our Ficus
tree? There are so many pieces of creation that beckon us to stop, pay
attention and let it soak into our being for then we can be refreshed with hope
because we’ve acknowledged our Creator.
I could sit in this mode for a long time; however, I want us
to begin today with verse 7. “The law of
the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. The testimony of the Lord is sure;
making wise the simple. 8The statues of the Lord are right, rejoicing
the heart. The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.”
Now let’s try a rewrite and again, remember, make it yours,
honest, from your heart:
“Abba, your principles and promises are perfect, and they
are continuing to convert my soul. Your words are true, giving me depth in my
soul.8Your requirements are right and they make my heart glad. The
commandment to love You with all my heart, soul and mind keeps the eyes of my
heart open to the things of You.”
There is such perspective and power in the scriptures,
friend. I could literally keep us here for hours, but I’m going to jump down a
few verses because I found a diamond shining brilliantly in the depths of
studying. Let’s jump to verse 12.
“12 Who can
understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults; 13keep back
Your servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless and I shall be innocent of great transgression.”
STOP!
There’s a word there that has always caused me to wonder
what does that mean, secret faults
and presumptuous sins? Sounds like a
good book title, huh? J
This verse actually validates my understanding of what we do in the church;
heck, what I did for years: we hide our secret faults behind the mask of faith
which lead us to presumptuous sins for the term presumptuous terms can also be
translated to say “neglecting something I should have done”!
Another diamond I found is in the word “cleanse.” In this
context, it is referring to an internal cleansing. I just love the truths that
are waiting to be discovered so that they can come to life within us and be
lived out.
Let’s wrap up this rewriting session with the final verse,
which we can make the cry of our hearts daily: 14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation
of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O, Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.”
I don’t know about you, but I say there’s no need to do
anything with that but write it, speak it and deposit it in the core of your
soul!
Living in the Psalms,
Evinda
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