“I will be careful to lead a blameless life—when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart.”
~ Psalm 101:2
Hi James and Ellen,
Are you perfectionists? Are you idealists? Are you pragmatics? A perfectionist is often thought of as being an obsessive compulsive kind of guy, gal or kid who is a stickler for detail and order. An idealist is often thought of as being a positive romantic kind of guy, gal or kid who is an optimist about dreams and outcomes. A pragmatic is often thought of as being an obstinate commonsense kind of guy, gal or kid who is a realist regarding planning and implementing. As David scribed what is now Psalm 101, David went obsessive towards detail. David may have scribed this psalm song to be sung at the coronation service of his kid – who was Solomon. David may have scribed this psalm song for Solomon to recite or sing daily to God. David may have scribed this psalm song to help Solomon stay attuned each day with God. David scribed this psalm song in the first person. When this psalm song was sung, read and/or prayed, the guy or gal who was singing, reading and/or praying this psalm song was singing, reading and/or praying personally and directly to God. This psalm song has seven – with seven signifying completeness, couplets. David begins this psalm song with a twofold introduction. David begins by celebrating in the introduction of this psalm song scribing how he reigned through love and justice over the Israelite people groups guys, gals and kids – who were God’s specially chosen guys, gals and kids, as God’s second anointed, positioned king. David in the body of this psalm song elaborates on the theme of living a blameless life before God. David may have been wanting to have Solomon internalize the importance of committing to living a faithful and blameless life while repudiating living a faithless and wicked life. Verse 2 says, “I will be careful to lead a blameless life—when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart.” As David continues scribing this psalm song that he is possibly scribing for Solomon and/or for the Israelite people group guys and gals, David pleads for commitments to not set eyes on vile, disgusting sights, to hate perverse, proud hearts and to not endure haughty, deceitful spirits.
As David scribed this psalm song, David went optimistic towards the future. David understood the struggles and temptations that his kid – who was Solomon, would be facing while being God’s third positioned king to rule over His specially chosen guys, gals and kids – who were the Israelite people groups guys, gals and kids. It was David’s heartfelt desire that Solomon would pledge to always surround himself with faithful and blameless guys who Solomon would always allow to speak into his life. It was David’s earnest hope that Solomon would diligently and persistently pledge each morning to continue to rid from the land of Canaan – which was the land that God had given to His specially chosen guys and gals to always to have to live in as their very own land if . . . and from the city of the Lord – which was the city of Jerusalem, guys and gals who double dealt and spoke lies. It was David’s profound dream that Solomon would do what he had not been able to do in his lifetime – which was to ensure the securing of a place – a land area, where all evil has been stamped out, where only good is taking place and where only God is being worshipped.
Your grandpaa believes that everything is to be done with God in mind. God at times creates instances when a choice is the lesser of two evils. There are times responding to the immediate supplants waiting. During the time that your grandmaa and grandpaa administrated the rural resident Bible education and leadership training center that was in Concepción, Nuflo de Chávez – in Bolivia, your grandmaa and grandpaa had a memorable trip while visiting a Centro de Capacitación (center of learning) graduate and his family who lived in the Sandoval Province. Because the Sandoval Province is inaccessible to go into by a vehicle during the rainy season, your grandmaa and grandpaa used SAM/Air – which is South America Mission’s flying arm, to fly from Roboré to the isolated village where Olavo and Elizabeth Bastos were living in the Sandoval Province. The grass had grown so high on the airstrip near the house where Olavo and Elizabeth lived that the small plane’s blades sounded like they were cutting grass. On the flight back to Roboré from the Sandoval Province, Jack – who was the pilot of the small plane that your grandmaa and grandpaa were in, suddenly noticed that he was no longer in contact with the Roboré control tower. Because it was lunchtime for the guy who was in charge of the control tower in Roboré, the guy shut everything down while he went to his house to eat. Because Jack had to fly over a high butte that is close to Roboré and because he was flying above a thickening cloud layer and because he had to somehow come down through the growing cloud cover to land in Roboré, Jack immediately contacted his wife to catch up with the guy and to . . . because Jack was never to lose eye contact with the ground while flying an airplane in Bolivia, there were some tense moments before Jack was once again in contact with Roboré’s control tower. It was not Jack’s fault that clouds suddenly . . . as David scribed this psalm song, David went realistic. Even though David repeatedly used blameless as the lifestyle that he wanted Solomon to adopt, David knew that his kid would be in the hands of a merciful God Who forgives disobedience.
Psalm 101 (949)