O Lord, who may abide in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy hill? Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right, and speak the truth from their heart; who do not slander with their tongue, and do no evil to their friends, nor take up a reproach against their neighbors; in whose eyes the wicked are despised, but who honor those who fear the Lord; who stand by their oath even to their hurt; who do not lend money at interest, and do not take a bribe against the innocent. Those who do these things shall never be moved. (Psalm 15, NRSV)
Who may dwell on your holy hill O Lord?
Those who are blameless and do what is right. Who do not do evil against their friends not have hard feelings towards their neighbors…
Sounds to me like no one will be able to do this. Yet is you read all of the psalm, the psalmist thinks it is possible, because he says “Those who do these things shall never be moved.”
So if you can live blameless and treat others the way they should be treated not because it s what they deserve, but because that is how God would have you treat them, then you shall not be moved.
And the only way to do that?
Give up control and let the Lord have it!
If you want to dwell on the hill of the Lord, we need to give up control.
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