🎤 Psalm 26 Song - Vindicate Me - Scripture Song
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In Psalm 26, King David lists all the things that he thinks set him apart from others; the qualities which make him righteous in God's eyes. He pleas to God for vindication, hoping to convince God that he is worthy of justice.
It's a common perspective; we all do it, and we'd all be wrong.
You see, to God, our most valiant efforts to be a good person are nothing near his requirement of purity. If it seems unfair that God should hold such an ideal, then you really don't understand the intense holiness which God represents. His holiness is like the hottest refining furnace — it's his very essence! Who can stand next to it, without being burned away?
He has made His character clear to us throughout the Bible. Even the most trivial sin represents a chasm between perfection and imperfection. We're bent toward failure, and there's nothing any of us can do to change that fact.
So rather than argue our case, trying to tweak our resume to put us in the best light, we need to come to Him through the agency of Jesus! God came to earth as man, lived the ideal human life, and in doing so, created a route for us to follow. We stand behind him, looking over his shoulder into the face of God himself.
So own your sin! Be honest about your failings. Confess to God and to man that you have given up trying to be the ideal, and instead put your life under the headship of Jesus. In that simple act you become righteous by proxy!
But it doesn't stop there. Believe it or not, when Jesus takes up residence in our being, we start to act like Him. We start to love like Him. We start to hate sin like He does! We become transformed into "little Christs," i.e., Christians.
God, help us to be truthful with ourselves, to confess our sin, to welcome Jesus into our homes, to be transformed by the power of your Holy Spirit!
Amen.
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Plea for Justice and Declaration of Righteousness
Of David.
1 Vindicate me, O Lord,
for I have walked in my integrity,
and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
2 Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
test my heart and mind.
3 For your steadfast love is before my eyes,
and I walk in faithfulness to you.
4 I do not sit with the worthless,
nor do I consort with hypocrites;
5 I hate the company of evildoers,
and will not sit with the wicked.
6 I wash my hands in innocence,
and go around your altar, O Lord,
7 singing aloud a song of thanksgiving,
and telling all your wondrous deeds.
8 O Lord, I love the house in which you dwell,
and the place where your glory abides.
9 Do not sweep me away with sinners,
nor my life with the bloodthirsty,
10 those in whose hands are evil devices,
and whose right hands are full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I walk in my integrity;
redeem me, and be gracious to me.
12 My foot stands on level ground;
in the great congregation I will bless the Lord.
New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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