.the oath.

Today = Luke 12:32-59 + Psalm 15 + Genesis 22

The passage I'm focusing on today is pretty short - Psalm 15, but it's really good. I don't think I ever noticed it before.

"Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman, who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the Lord, who keeps his oath even when it hurts, who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken." (Psalm 15)

It is so humbling to see the kind of person God wants in his kingdom and compare it to who I am. I definitely can't say my walk is blameless, or that I always speak truth from my heart. I think the greatest challenge is the part in verse 4 where it says "who keeps his oath even when it hurts." How powerful is that!? It is so easy to just give up when things get hard. I admit I've done it many many times. I think a lot of times we feel that God wouldn't want us to have any pain, that we should have to go through it. Newsflash: the Christian life is not pain-free nor easy. We follow a homeless man who was tortured and hung up on a tree to die. If we're truly following him, we might come to that same end. It is worth it, but it doesn't come without sacrifice. Some days I don't feel like making that sacrifice, but I know it's the only way to dwell in his sanctuary.