Let's stop shaking . . .

¹ Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent?
    Who may live on your holy mountain?

² The one whose walk is blameless,

    who does what is righteous,
    who speaks the truth from their heart;
³ whose tongue utters no slander,
    who does no wrong to a neighbor,
    and casts no slur on others;
⁴ who despises a vile person
    but honors those who fear the Lord;
who keeps an oath even when it hurts,
    and does not change their mind;
⁵ who lends money to the poor without interest;
    who does not accept a bribe against the innocent.

Whoever does these things
    will never be shaken.        Psalm 15

Every day a person should read one chapter in Proverbs and one chapter in Psalms.  With Proverbs you quickly will be repeating yourself, as there are 31 chapters.  However, you will see that different things leap out to you.  Here, if I had started reading at the beginning of the month, I would be at Psalm 15 today.  A question, an answer, and a promise.

As Christians we are almost always told about heaven.  Being in the sacred tent of the Lord sounds like it.  As well as living on His holy mountain.  However, if you will note, taking the psalm in its entirety it appears that this is not talking about the here after, but the present.  All of the actions were required are present day actions:

“ . . . whose walk is blameless,

. . . does what is righteous,

. . . speaks the truth from their heart;

. . .tongue utters no slander,

. . . does no wrong to a neighbor,

. . . casts no slur on others . . .

You can read on, but ALL of the actions are present day, now “in the land of the living” actions.  From this I come to understand that by doing this I can dwell NOW in the Lord’s sacred tent!  I can live NOW on His holy mountain!  Thus in my present circumstances, in my present state of affairs, in the battles that I am in NOW I may dwell and live where He dwells and lives!

Remember Adam?  He walked and talked with the Lord.  He was in His garden, His presence, His place of abode. Nothing could endanger or hurt him.  He had the confidence of knowing God was right there by His side.  He had the knowledge that no weapon formed against him could prosper because he was with the Lord.  Is this not the same thing?  Is the psalmist not telling each of us that we can be in that place also?  That we can live in the consciousness, mental and spiritual, that we are presently in His presence right now, whenever we do as is written.  Indeed, I believe that is what he is saying.  We can now know such a confidence as was Adam’s  and Christ’s when we live NOW as is written here.  And if we have any doubt, the psalmist ends with the promise.

“Whoever does these things
    will never be shaken.”

Never shaken because of where we are.  Never shaken because of in whose presence we are welcomed into.  It is hard to loose footing when you are dwelling in the tent of the Almighty.  When you are standing on the holy mountain of the King of kings and Lord of lords! 

Let’s stop shaking . . .

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