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Monday... He gets to the point.


Psalm 101:2b (Msg), "I'm doing the best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts."

Monday... He gets to the point.

David knows what is best. In Psalm 101:2b (Msg) he says, "I'm doing the best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts."


Now in the first part of the verse he says, "I'm finding my way down the road of right living, but how long before you show up." Yes, we really do need God's help especially at home.

Someone has said that the weakest link in our Christian life is at home. And in reality, it is the most important.

Now David starts in verse 1 by saying, "My theme song is God's love and justice, and I'm singing it right to you, God." And David knows that we need to sing and live that song especially at home. Yes that needs to be our prayer to live and sing that song.

Verses 1-2 in the Amplified Bible says, "I will sing of [steadfast] lovingkindness and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises. I will behave wisely and follow the way of integrity. When will You come to me? I will walk in my house in integrity and with a blameless heart."

In our homes, our spouse had a choice. They chose to marry us but our kids didn't have a choice. Now from both standpoints we need to live at home with God's love, justice, wisely, integrity and with a blameless heart. We are responsible before God because of our choices. And we really do need God. We really do.

Now as King David says in verses 6-8 (NLT), "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."

And those are good thoughts about our friends and companions we have and their influence on our family. We need to choose our friends with our family in mind.

So David gets to the point. "I'm doing the best I can, and I'm doing it at home, where it counts." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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