"No one who acts deceitfully will live in my palace; the one who tells lies will not be retained here to guide me. 8. Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, wiping out all evil doers from the Lord's city."
In this "Song of Praise" David moves to those who will be retained in his service. He was careful with whom he surrounded himself with in his palace. These verses should cause us to think of our Christian service. Verse 7a reminds us that David would not surround himself with deceitful people. He gave us clue of this in verse 6: "My eyes favor the faithful of the land so that they may sit down with me. The one who follows the way of integrity." I'm certain that there were many people who wanted to be included in David's service but not just anyone would do. He wanted to be surrounded by people who had integrity. For the most part, those who served him were loyal and were men of integrity. Some slipped through the net - so to speak, but those were not his close lieutenants. (Yes, I include Joab in this, though he was rough around the edges, he stayed loyal to David.) Verse 7b reminds us that David wanted people around him who were truthful: "The one who tells lies will not be retained here to guide me." David wanted people around him who would tell him the truth. (It would be preferable if our presidents were surrounded by people like this.) For example, Joab was not afraid to tell David the truth. The prophet Nathan told David the truth. (See 2Samuel 12:1 and verses following.) We know about David's lapses and failures, but his advice here is good advice for us in our lives and in our Christian service. Verse 8 closes the "Song of Praise" with this statement: "Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, wiping out all evil doers from the Lord's city." David wanted the kingdom of Judah to be filled with pure people. This was a good aim. We should have the same aim for our lives, the community where we live, and etc. We can do this, not by military means, but by being examples in our lives and in our churches. Bro. Joe
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