In the Eyes of God

Psalms 37:23-24 ESV

“The steps of a man are established by the Lord,

    when he delights in his way;

though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong,

    for the Lord upholds his hand.”

Psalms 37:23-24 NIV

“The Lord makes firm the steps

    of the one who delights in him;

though he may stumble, he will not fall,

    for the Lord upholds him with his hand.”

If our Lord delights in us, i.e. he takes pleasure in us because we take pleasure in him, and we are mindful of him and attentive to his ways, and we are eager and zealous to do what he commands, and we are those who follow in his ways, and not in the ways of the flesh, then he directs our steps, our walks of faith. He guides and directs us in the way that we should go, and he empowers us to do his will and to serve him with our lives.

For he planned in advance who we should be and what we should be like, and he predetermined that we should be conformed to the likeness of Christ and to walk in his ways and in his truth, and that we should live holy lives unto God and no longer walk in sin, in practice. For we were fearfully and wonderfully made by God, and all the days ordained for us were written in God’s book before one of them came into being. 

[Psalms 139:13-16; Romans 1:6-7; Romans 8:28-29; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; Galatians 5:13; Ephesians 1:3-4; 1 Thessalonians 4:7; 2 Timothy 1:8-9; 1 Peter 1:14-16; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 1:3]

But we still live in flesh bodies. We are but clay in the hands of the Potter, and he is molding us into his likeness, when we cooperate with him in his work of grace in our lives. So we may still sin, at times (1 John 2:1-2), although we are not to sin for Jesus rescued us from our slavery to sin so that we might now walk in his holiness and righteousness (Romans 6:1-23). But we’re not to continue in deliberate and habitual sin (Galatians 5:16-21).

So, what I believe this is saying to us who are walking in the ways of the Lord, and not in deliberate and habitual sin, is that if we should sin, or if we should fall into some kind of calamity, whatever it may be, he will lift us back up and he will keep us moving in the right direction if we cooperate with him. And this is so that we do not get discouraged or disheartened and then give up hope, but so we have the strength to continue in our walks of faith.

But please be aware here that this is not speaking of those who make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ but then who continue to walk in sin and not in righteousness and holiness. For if sin is what we practice, and not obedience to our Lord, and not righteousness and holiness, then we are not in relationship with God, we don’t know him, we are not borne of him, and we do not have eternal life in him. So please take this to heart.

[Matt 7:21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; 1 Pet 2:24; Tit 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 3:6,14-15; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15] 

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My Sheep  

An Original Work / June 24, 2012  

Based off John 10:1-18 NIV

My sheep hear me. They know me.

They listen to my voice and obey.

I call them and lead them.

They know my voice, so they follow me.

They will never follow strangers.

They will run away from them.

The voice of a stranger they know not;

They do not follow him.

So, I tell you the truth that

I am the gate, so you enter in.

Whoever does enter

Will find forgiveness and will be saved.

Nonetheless whoever enters

Not by the gate; other way,

He is the thief and a robber.

Listen not, the sheep to him.

Oh, I am the Good Shepherd,

Who laid his own life down for the sheep.

I know them. They know me.

They will live with me eternally.

The thief only comes to steal and

Kill and to destroy the church.

I have come to give you life that

You may have it to the full… 

They know my voice, so they follow me.

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