Psalm
19:12-14 Forgive
my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule
over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression. May the
words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O
LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
A psalm of
worship
The apostle Paul referred to this psalm when he
explained that everyone knows about God because nature proclaims God's
existence and power. This does not cancel the need for missions because the
message of God's salvation found in his Word, the Bible, must still be told to
the ends of the earth. While nature points to the existence of God, the Bible
tells us about salvation. God's people must explain to others how they can have
a relationship with God. Although people everywhere should already believe in a
Creator by just looking at the evidence of nature around them, God needs us to
explain his love, mercy, and grace.
What are you doing to take God's message to the
world? Sometimes the words we say communicate the gospel message to others.
Other times the gospel message is communicated by our conduct. What we do and
how we speak and who we befriend communicate our inner heart to others. God
knows what we say to people with our mouths, even before we speak. He also
knows what we are thinking when we act the way we do.
Would you change the way you live if you knew that
every word and thought would be examined by God first? David asks that God
approve his words and thoughts as though they were offerings brought to the
altar. As you begin each day, determine that God's love will guide what you say
and how you think and what you do. In this way your entire life will be a
testimony to Christ no matter where you go.
