"To You O Lord" 

Psalm 101:1 "I will sing of mercy and justice; To you, O Lord, I will sing praises."

Today I will sing praises to The LORD. I will sing of His mercy and His justice. Indeed, He is merciful and just. Only He is worthy of such praise. He is perfectly just and merciful. We can aspire to be merciful and just, but we will come up short. Our fallenness and our old sin nature tempt us to be unjust and merciless. We succumb to our weaknesses to rush to judgement and withhold mercy. We lack the love and wisdom to be both merciful and just.

We are inclined too often to think the worst or to blindly trust, making us susceptible to being fooled or being self-righteous. God cannot be fooled nor can He be self-righteous. He is righteous and all-wise. So we praise Him, seek Him and need Him desperately in all assessments. We should seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things stalled be added unto us. (Matthew 16:33). Lord, lead me in Your ways. Help me be wise, just and merciful.

In His Word,
Pastor Fred