Psalm 84:11 promises this:
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
"Uprightly" here is the Hebrew word "tamiym", which means: entire, integrity, truth, complete, sound, healthful, whole, blameless, moving naturally toward that which is ethically sound. You may think that it is not possible to walk blameless before Him, but HE has given us this promise in 1 John 1:9:
9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action].
WHEN we miss it, and we WILL, then we MUST access the promise above to receive our forgiveness of that sin, and also all those things that we are not even yet aware of AS sin! In other words, recognize when you miss it by making a selfish decision to do something your own way instead of God's way, acknowledge that 'miss' to Him, receiving, by faith, the forgiveness for that sin and then, at the same time, you will receive the cleansing of your life from ALL that is NOT righteous before God! AMEN! To understand just how freely JESUS grants us that forgiveness, read through today's Psalm and recognize that THIS is what JESUS went through!
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician; set to chant mournfully. A didactic or reflective poem of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried to You for help by day; at night I am in Your presence. 2 Let my prayer come before You and really enter into Your presence; incline Your ear to my cry! 3 For I am full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol (the place of the dead). 4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit (the grave); I am like a man who has no help or strength [a mere shadow], 5 Cast away among the dead, like the slain that lie in a [nameless] grave, whom You [seriously] remember no more, and they are cut off from Your hand. 6 You have laid me in the depths of the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 7 Your wrath lies hard upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! 8 You have put my [familiar] friends far from me; You have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. 9 My eye grows dim because of sorrow and affliction. Lord, I have called daily on You; I have spread forth my hands to You. 10 Will You show wonders to the dead? Shall the departed arise and praise You? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! 11 Shall Your steadfast love be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in Abaddon (Sheol, as a place of ruin and destruction)? 12 Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness [where the dead forget and are forgotten]? 13 But to You I cry, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come to meet You. 14 Lord, why do You cast me off? Why do You hide Your face from me? 15 I was afflicted and close to death from my youth up; while I suffer Your terrors I am distracted [I faint]. 16 Your fierce wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. 17 They surround me like a flood all day long; together they have closed in upon me. 18 Lover and friend have You put far from me; my familiar friends are darkness and the grave.
This that JESUS went through, he did for YOU! AND me! We make His provision for us of no effect when we refuse to believe and receive all that JESUS acquired for us! ALL authority was given to Him and HE gave it to US (Matthew 28:18-19)! Amen! Now let's praise Him with high praises for HE has EARNED them! AMEN! Here is Hillsong Worship with my new, all-time favorite worship song "What A Beautiful Name":
Shalom in Him!
