As we acknowledge the place in which we are to dwell with humility and honor it sets the stage for the right commands to be issued in our living. We all have choices to make. If they are predicated from a place that is sound and tranquil we will have the wisdom to know what to do according to what is ripe at hand. It is a matter of moving with the rhythms and cycles that are in phase not doing what cannot be done now but simply doing what can be done. Let’s stay in sync with the rhythms that spring from that which we honor most.
THOU SHALT SEE THE GOOD OF JERUSALEM ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE
The good of Jerusalem is the good of the life activities all about you. As we are centered in the place where peace can flood through our hearts we can see what is actually good. Good in terms of that which is abundantly filled with joy, with strength and with decency. Sure enough we may have thoughts that waft through our minds that are aberrant and off the mark but we do not have to pay attention to them. Think of them as just debris floating down the river. We can see it but do not have to jump on and drown with it. Just let it pass on through. The more we are centered in our right places the quicker the debris can pass because to do not judge it or be offended by it. Just let it go. As we do so our attention is available to appreciate the true life activities around us in which we can assist in enhancing. As we do so we shall see good all the days of our life.
PEACE BE WITHIN THY WALLS
Peace is present within ourselves as we are honoring and giving thanks for the life that we have. This life has caused us and is causing us to be. It is something that precedes all our feeling and thinking. It is our conscious responsibility to allow this life to have unhindered expression through our hearts and minds and out through our body. In order for this to happen our emotional realm needs to be like still waters undisturbed by the cares of this world for the animating currents of the source our being to move across. Our mind’s responsibility is to be a guardian of our heart to keep the still waters. Our mind is to discern what matters and what does not. It needs to give value to that which keeps a tranquil heart. As it does peace is within our walls!
TURN TO THE TRUTH THAT YOU KNOW
When you are feeling stressed or even when you are feeling well it is good to turn to the truth that you know, for example a psalm verse. When you do you are in essence putting oil in your lamp. The lamp that allows you to see what is clearly at hand to do or to be thankful for. As you turn in this way you are building or replenishing a reserve necessary for perspective to be kept and wisdom applied to living.
ACCORDING UNTO THY WORD
Living according to the word of Lord brings strength and peace. To live in such a way requires perspective and compassion for those in our world. As we look upon our world as the Lord would we blend with the Word bringing strength and peace to it. Here is a life fulfilled.
THY RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS
When we are in the place of Lord by expressing His integrity a discerning awareness comes that allows us to see the real from the unreal. In essence this brings righteous judgment whereby we can choose the attitude of our hearts that bring the influence of the Lord on earth. As we do this we can help other to so choose to be an influence of integrity on earth.
I WILL AWAKE EARLY…
As this is stated in the Psalms it gives understanding to what is to come first in our lives. What is it to awake early? Does it only mean to wake up early in the morning or does it mean to awake early to an awareness that puts the presence of God first. Awaking early relates to putting priority on the things that matter in any given moment. Awaking early relates to putting attention to first things first. First things that are received through an open and thankful heart and an alert mind to the qualities and characteristics of the presence of God in any given moment. When we are oriented to awake early in such a way we find we are filled with the inspiration and wisdom necessary for our living to be true and effective for increasing the dominion of God on earth.
FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS:
There are many things to be grateful for most of which relate to all that God has given us. For without the life of God none of us would be here. Here is a great starting point for us to remember for there are so many benefits that come from God. Just having a starting point in our consciousness that all life comes from God including our own sets the state for our hearts to be opened to the greater flow of what God would give to and through us. Yes there is much to be grateful that springs from this one point.
HARKENING TO THE VOICE OF HIS WORD
How do we harken to the voice of His word. By listening with an open heart and mind even though there may be a sense of resistance within oneself. How to we hear the voice by listening to what is said to us through other people who have our best interests at heart. Here again we may resist what a friend may be advising us. However recognizing the resistance in oneself is part of the process and in of itself is not to be resisted or fought against. As we simply come to rest with a situation letting patience give the necessary time to decipher thorough a circumstance we find that we can hear the voice of the Lord with a sense of gratitude for making a wise path through a experience that may have been a repetitive one. Finally as we harken to the voice of His word through hearing the words of our real friends we come to a new experience of living letting go of the destructive repetitive tendencies in ourselves from trying to get our own way to knowing the way that brings soundness and joy.
THEY CALLED UPON THE LORD AND HE ANSWERED THEM
What does it mean to call upon the LORD. Calling upon the LORD is putting yourself in position to receive the LORD. This relates to having a calm and untroubled heart and open and uncluttered mind. How we unclutter our minds is by putting first things first. As we put the LORD’s influence first in our life this allows our minds to become uncluttered and open in the direction of receiving that which the LORD would give us. Calling upon the LORD is putting ourselves in the right frame of heart and mind. As we do so the LORD provides the answer to what our lives are to be about in every given moment.