Today’s passage: Psalm 141
Helpful thoughts:
- This Psalm of David asks the Lord for grace to persevere in righteousness in the midst of an evil world.
- David acknowledges the temptation to be lured away by the “delicacies” of the wicked (Verse 4). We are called to be in the world but not of it…and it is hard to not let the current of the mainstream carry us off into evil.
- Knowing that we cannot follow hard after God on our own, David opens himself up to rebuke from other people pursuing righteousness (Verse 5).
Questions to consider:
- With all the movement of the world around and the temporal pleasures it offers, where did David have to keep his eyes focused (Verse 8)? What are some ways that we can seek to have our hearts inclined toward God (Both alone and together with our brothers and sisters in Christ)?
- When is rebuke a “kindness?” What must be the motive to give and then to hear any rebuke? (Ephesians 4:15-16)
- How would verse 4 read if written positively for the life of a Christian? What do we want our hearts inclined toward? What would we desire to busy ourselves with? Etc.