God Promises to Uphold You

​Psalms 97:10-12 Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. 11 Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. 12 Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.
 
DO you often wonder, “Am I doing the right thing? Is God pleased with me?” If you love God, you should have such thoughts. You want to please the One who has called you to himself. But these thoughts should be a guide to God’s love for you, not a fear that keeps you from God’s joy. Viewing your faith life solely through your own eyes may cause you to think, “There’s always more I should do.” To be more sure that God upholds you in your walk with him, look at your faith life through God’s eyes.
   Remember, he has made you to be faithful to confess, “Jesus, you are the Son of God.” You have the gift of faith to know he forgives your sins as you confess them. And you know the Father no longer remembers those sins. Hebrews 8:12 “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” He has opened the Scriptures to you to reveal his justice, grace and forgiveness. God’s purposeful promises have brought you to him. Do you think that God, who gave his Son for your salvation, would leave you alone in your faith?
   This psalm is one of many scriptures to assure you he will not. God is encouraging, supporting and keeping you safe with him. You are his own, a child of the living God. Your heart’s desire is to be faithful to his laws and his grace. Your Savior and Spirit come to you in power and authority to shed their light upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.  
   The light of God’s’ truth tells you a faithful heart is one that seeks Gd’s perfection because he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love. (Ephesians 1:4)
   A holy, righteous life in Christ is the evidence of your love for God. You come to hate old habits and desires that you now see as evil in God’s sight. Anything that opposes God’s law repulses you. A righteousness heart turns your eyes and ears from temptation. You only see danger when people want to lead you into compromise and to go where sin corrupts.
   When you pray, “Lead me not into temptation but deliver me from the evil one.” (from Matthew 6:13) pray with confidence in God’s promise his light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart. Do not be weary or tired of doing right. Be strengthened and restored in God’s Word. Always keep in mind the LORD God has come to you in the form of Father, Son and Spirit to reveal his righteousness to you.
   Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name. By faith you can truly know God is upholding you to remain in his presence forever.