A Holy Determination

Psalm 101 David's Resolutions

Determination - firmness of purpose. This was the same attitude displayed by our Lord in Luke 9:51 When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem.

1) David was determined to sing God's praises - Psalm 101:1 I will sing of lovingkindness and justice, to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

Singing can be equated to meditating on God and to praise Him is to find joy in Him and His attributes.

2) David was committed to live a sincere and blameless life - Psalm 101:2 I will give heed to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

To live blamelessly and with integrity is to think, speak, and act with care and thoughtfulness so as to build an honoring life, even when no one is around.

3) David was resolved to deal radically with sin - Psalm 101:4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil.

Just as Paul exhorted, Romans 8:13 For if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

John Owen wrote, "Be killing sin or sin will be killing you." Sin is not to be met with apathy, downplayed, or ignored.

Psalm 101: 1 I will sing of lovingkindness and justice, to You, O LORD, I will sing praises. 2 I will give heed to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. 3 I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me. 4 A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil. 5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; no one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure. 6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me. 7 He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; he who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me. 8 Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, so as to cut off from the city of the LORD all those who do iniquity.