Behaving Wisely in Your Home | Psalms 101:1-2 Week 24

We are in Psalms 100, page 26 of your notes. If you don't have that, wave at Ricky and he'll bring it by to you. And um we've been talking about with Psalm 100. We've been talking about the the psalm itself. So, if you want to turn over to there and uh Psalms chapter 100, we're going to look at we're down to verse number five in the psalm. Psalms 100 and specifically down at verse number five. Psalms 100 and verse number five the Bible says for the Lord is good his mercy is everlasting his truth endures for all generation and so the Lord is good look at Psalms 145 and verse number nine Psalms 145 and verse number nine says the Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all his works many of you have probably heard of the uh well-known African greeting where they would greet one another.

One would say the other, "God is good." And then the other one would say all the time. And and God is always good. And you know, the there's the three rules of the workplace. You probably heard the the the boss is always right. And uh and the boss is never wrong. And if you forget rule number one, two, remember rule number three. The boss is always right. You just got to remember that God God is always God and God is always good. And when you are going through a tough time, you got to remember God is still God and God is still good even when things are not going good. And we need to remember that God is good.

And that's something for to remind ourselves on a regular basis. Uh just remind ourselves. I think that's why that saying for the African people was so appropriate and so uh such a blessing is because just remind you every time you meet another Christian remind us God is good and uh and doing that. And so let's look at some scriptures here. Look at Psalms chapter 73 and verse number one. Psalms chapter 73 and verse number one says, "Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart." And so God is good to those are of a clean heart. Specifically, now God is good no matter what. But when we have a clean heart, the goodness of God, then God can be good.

He can show us his goodness in those areas. And so a clean heart. And then look at Psalms chapter 34 and verse number eight. Psalms chapter 34 and verse number eight. Oh taste and see that the Lord is good. Blessed is the man that trust in him. So when we trust in the Lord, we can see the goodness of God. And so God wants to have a clean heart and to trust him. Look at um Naam 1 and verse number seven. Naam see draw Amos Oadiah Micah and then Naam Naam 1 and verse number seven. The Lord is good a stronghold in the day of trouble and he knoweth them that trust in him. So, one of the things we have to do is when we're struggling and trusting God, that's the time to remind yourself, but God is good.

And when you're going through those difficult times, it's going back to that. And and so, it's one of those cyclical things. When you trust in the Lord, then you see the goodness of God. But when you're struggling to trust in the Lord, remember he's good. And that'll help you to trust in the Lord. And so, we trust in the Lord. Now look at Psalms 135 and verse number three. Psalms chapter 135 and verse number three. Psalms 135:3. Praise the Lord for the Lord is good. Sing praises unto his name for for it is pleasant. And I believe that when we praise God, we see the goodness of God. and and just praising God for his goodness.

Singing the hymns, singing the songs of praise to God reminds us of his goodness. Look at Jeremiah chapter 33 and verse number 11. Jeremiah chapter 33 and verse number 11. The voice of joy and the voice of gladness. The voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. the voice of them that shall say, "Praise the Lord the hosts, for the Lord is good, for his mercy endureth forever, and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise in the house of the Lord. For I will cause return to captivity of the land as the first as at the first, sayeth the Lord." You know, Psalms 100 is about making a joyful noise unto the Lord.

And I I believe that when we come to church and we worship God in song, that reminds us of the goodness of God. I I believe that when you listen to good godly Christian music, it reminds you of the goodness of God. I I believe that when you sing the songs of God, it reminds you of his goodness. And and when you're struggling with that, well, this situation isn't any good. Remember that God is good and and praising him for his goodness even when you don't feel that. And then Lamentations chapter 3 and verse number 25. Lamentations chapter 3 and verse number 25. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him to the soul that seeketh him.

And so sometimes we we have to wait on the Lord. It's like, well, I don't see anything good coming out of this. But we got to wait and see. There's so many times in my life that I look back now and say, 'Boy, God is good. But at the time I was wondering, why is God allowing this happen? I remember when we were going through the situation with looking for a building before we got in this building. It was like, God, why are you doing this? Why won't you give us a building? And and we looked at a couple different places and we thought it was going to work out and then it fell through and it's like, God, what are you doing?

And uh and but we learned we waited on the Lord and boy God was good in giving us this business. If we had gotten to any of those other places we looked at we would not be in the in the place we are today. And and God and his goodness we had to wait. And sometimes you got to wait to see the goodness of the Lord. And then uh Luke chapter 6 and verse number 35. Luke chapter 6 and verse number 35. But love your enemies and do good and lend hoping for nothing again. Your reward shall be great and you shall be the children of the highest. For he's kind on the unthankful and to the evil. Um God is even kind to the unthankful and evil.

But notice he says you're to do good even when they are not good to you. to love your enemies and to do good. And if I want to see the goodness of God, then I need to be remembered that I need to show the goodness of God. Uh God gives me his goodness so I can share it with others as well. And then Romans chapter 8 and verse number 28, we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are called according his purpose. And so loving God and being called according to his purpose uh is is is where we see the goodness of God uh you know the goodness of God doesn't happen if we're not following the Lord.

If we're not called according to his purpose. We're not doing what he wants to. The Bible says if you love me keep my commandments. And so if I'm not keeping the commandments of God then how can I expect to see the goodness of God? And and and God is good. But you have to be in that place of goodness like we talked about in the message a couple weeks ago after the big storm. You know, we t preach the message about droughts and and it reminds you that if you if you're if you want snow, you're in the wrong place and you got to be where the snow comes down. Uh if you want rain, you got to be where the rain's coming down.

And we need to be in that place of God's goodness in our lives. And then um going back to Psalms chapter 100 and verse number five. For the Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting. Look at Psalms 136. Psalms 136. Psalms 136. So give thanks to the Lord for he is good. For his mercy endureth forever. Oh give thanks unto the God of gods for his mercy endureth forever. Oh, give thanks to the Lord of Lords, for his mercy endureth forever. To him who uh uh who alone doeth great wonders, for his mercy endureth forever. And it just goes on down throughout this whole chapter on that just reminding us that that part of God's goodness is his mercy.

And that God doesn't always give me what I deserve because mercy is we don't get what we deserve. God is good because I'm not going to hell because I trusted Christ as my savior. But God is also good that even times in my life when I sin, God in his goodness shows me mercy and he shows me forgiveness and that reminds us of the goodness of God. And then going back to Psalms chapter 100, it says, "The truth endureth to all generation." And so God is true and his word is true. Look at John chapter 3 and verse number 33. John chapter 3. and verse number 33. He that received his testimony hath said to his seal that God is true.

Look at Romans chapter 3 and verse number four. Romans chapter 3 and verse number four. God forbid. Yay, let God be true, but every man a liar, as is written, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings and might overcome when thou art judged. And then 2 Timothy 2:15, study show approved unto God, a workman that need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. And then 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse number 13. 1 Thessalonians chapter 2 and verse number 13. For this cause also they be God without ceasing. Because when you receive the word of God, which you heard of us, you received it not as the word of men, but as in truth, the word of God, which effectually workketh also in you that believe.

It's remembering that God's word is true. And what this true word of God tells me that God is good and he does not change. Go to Hebrews chapter 13 and verse number 8. Hebrews chapter 13 and verse number eight, Jesus Christ the same yesterday and today and forever. And and so as we as we finish up in Psalm chapter 100, it it starts out about saying, "Make a joyful noise." And it goes into that we come before his presence with singing and that we uh come to him with praise and thanksgiving uh to the Lord and and when all that at the end he says, "Now you are going to see the goodness of God." And and so when you're going through a difficult situation, when you're going through a trial in your life, when you're going through something you look at and say, "Well, how is this good in any way, that's the time to start praising God?

That's the time to start praising God for his goodness, even though you can't see it." It's kind of like what we looked at with the the book of Kings with the Kings that how a couple of them they they saw we can't win this battle. You know, we're going to lose if we try to fight it. And so what did they do? They went in started praising God and God gave them the victory. And and when you don't see the goodness of the Lord, that's the time to start praising God. That's the time to start thanking God for his goodness and for his mercy and remind yourself of that. And um and and that'll help you to remember the goodness of God in your life as well.

All right, let's go to Psalms 101. Psalms 101. And this is a psalm of David to walk with a perfect heart. And um with Psalm 101, Psalms 15 and Psalms 24 are parallel to Psalms 101. If you'll just go back real quick and look at Psalms chapter 15, the Psalms are not necessarily in the order that they were written. and uh and and sometimes they the the different psalms will cover the different things and and kind of be parable. But in Psalms 15, he says, "Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh upright and walketh righteous and speaketh the truth is heart.

He that backbbiteth not with his tongue, nor doth evil in his to his neighbor, nor taketh up reproach against his neighbor. In whose eyes a vile person is condemned, but he honorth them that fear the Lord. He that swearth his own hurt and charges not. He that putteth not out his money to usery, nor nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. And so he's talking about here's the kind of person that's going to abide in God's temper tabernacle. Here's the kind of person that's going to walk with the Lord. And then look at Psalms chapter 24. Psalms chapter 24.

Psalms 24, the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof, the world, than they that dwell therein. For he that founded it upon the seas and established upon the floods, who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord again into that tabernacle that fellowship with God, and who shall stand in his holy place, he that hath clean hands and a pure heart, who had not lift up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully, he shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteous, the God of his salvation. This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, oh Jacob, uh Cila. and it goes on from there.

So these these two Psalms, if you're going to study, I I would challenge you go home this week and read Psalms 101 with Psalm 15 and Psalm 24. Now, as you look at Psalms 101, what two words are repeated throughout those Psalms? So, I'm going to take a minute here and let you be silent. Those online, you can do this at home as well. Uh there's two words that are repeated. One's repeated nine times and the other one's repeated six times. And so what are those words in Psalms chapter 101 are repeated over and over again. See if you can spot them. They're not real big words. One's four letters and one's five letters.

What's that? Will. Will is used nine times in this passage. God that this will happen. And then what's the other word? Making you do your homework here. Anybody catch it? What's that? Correct. Nope. The word shall. Shall. So God will or God shall. It's just saying this is what's going to happen and we can depend on it happening is what's repeated over and over over again in the Psalms. Now David is not only speaking for himself, but he's also speaking in this passage for his family. Look at verse number two. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when thou come unto me, I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Then down to verse seven. He that workketh the seed shall not dwell within my house. He that tellth lies shall not tear in my sight. And so he's talking about that I'm going to behave well in my house. And by the way, that's the place the real test. Not how you behave in church. It's not how you behave at work. It's how you behave at home. It's how you behave in your house. And and that's the real test. He says, "I'm going to behave wisely in my house. I'm going to do what's right in my house. And not only that, you're not going to be in my house if you're not going to do what's right." So he's making this declar de declaration for himself and for his household as well.

Uh Joshua 24:15 a very uh familiar passage. Joshua chapter 24 and uh verse number 15. Joshua 24:15 the Bible says, "And if you seem evil unto you, serve the Lord, choose you this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were the other side of the flood or the gods of the Amorites whose land land you dwell. But as for me in my house, we will serve the Lord." And and so this is sometimes called the householder psalm. This is a psalm that you would kind of post up on a lot of people post Joshua 24:15 on their fence or on their gate or on their house somewhere especially part is for me in my house we shall serve the Lord and that's a great thing to do but this

whole psalm could go up there uh a lot of folks I was teaching my child's training class on Sunday and one of the things I encourage these c beyond couples to do is is come up with your own family uh purpose statement and uh come up with your own family uh guidelines or value statements as well and uh print them out, put them on a nice board, have them made in in a nice uh crafty way or whatever and put them up on your wall to remind in our house we do this and we don't do that and have your purpose and your values stated clearly as a family and uh and and if you wanted to, you could put Psalms 101 up on your on your wall remind you this is how we are going to behave as a family in this house.

This is how we're going to behave. And then um this psalm can especially apply to those in leadership positions. Go over to First Timothy chapter 3 and verse number four. 1 Timothy chapter 3. And verse number four, one that ruleth well his own house, having his children of subjection with all gravity. And uh verse number 12, let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children own houses as well. And so this be a good example. Now, David wrote this psalm, but he didn't always live it. He didn't always walk uprightly in his own home, and he didn't always uh enforce that in his home as well.

It's something that, you know, we can have the plaque on the wall, and that's a good thing to have. I think it's good to have it up there to point your kids to and say, "Our house, we we we treat each other with respect. In our house, we love each other. In our house, we do this, we do that." And to have those rules and that purpose statement up in the wall, but having the wall is not enough. I see a lot of homes where it says that as for me, in my house, we will serve the Lord, but they never go to church. And and they they aren't doing anything to serve the Lord. They're not involved in ministry in any way.

Uh it's not enough to have the plaque on the wall. And and so he this is a a householder psalm. And so in verse number one, he starts out with praise. I will sing of the mercy and and of th of mercy and judgment. Unto thee, oh Lord, will I sing. And so right away he starts with this. And so David said he would sing of two things. And that's mercy and judgment. Well, wait a minute. Why would we sing of judgment? Because we need to remember God is a holy God. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty. And that's why he's going to behave himself wisely because God is a holy God. He expects him to live a separated life.

He expects him to live a a life of holiness before God and is to sing of his mercy. God is a God of mercy and grace. But God is also a God of judgment and holiness. And he reminds us of that. Now, as you think about it, I what I want you to write in here, and we we'll again let you do this on your own, but what are some examples of songs of God's mercy? Can anybody think of one real quick? An example of a song that talks about the mercy of God speed. 103, which is what the Lord's everlasting. Mercy of the Lord everlasting. Okay. I I think of the song I will sing of thy mercies forever. Uh is a good song.

There's a lot of great songs about mercy, but there's also a lot of songs about judgment. And we write itself that God is a God that will judge me. So when I'm living in my because we kind of think, well, I'm in my house, nobody sees me, but God does. And so David is reminding himself when I'm in my home, I I God is judging me. And that's why I need to live the life that I should live at home, not just out in public. And and so that's what David is saying here. Okay. So what are some other attributes of God that the Psalms sing about? Look at Psalms chapter 47. Psalms chapter 47 and verse number 7.

Psalms 47:7. For God is the king of all the earth. Sing ye praises with understanding. So, we want to sing praises with understanding. Uh, a lot of us, we sing the songs, but we don't think about the words we're singing. Let me really challenge you. When you're at church and we're in our worship time, turn your brain on. Don't just look at the words on the screen and let your mouth just put them out. Think about it. Think about the mercies of God. Think about the judgments of God. Think about the goodness of God. Think about who he is. And and make that expression coming from your heart. And and so the psalmist said, "Listen, God is the king of earth.

Singing praises with understanding." And then we look at it further here. Look at Psalms chapter 51 and verse number 14. Psalms 51:14 says, "Deliver me deliver me from blood guiltiness, oh God. Thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness." So we want to sing the righteousness of God. Look at Psalms 145 and verse number 7. Psalms 145 and verse number 7. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness. I will sing of thy righteousness. So singing of the goodness and the righteousness of God. And then look at Psalms 59 and verse number 16. Psalms 59. and verse 16, but I will sing of thy power.

Yay, will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning, for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble. Again, coming out of Psalm 100, make a joyful noise, sing praises and thanksgiving to God. And and that music can help us to remember God's goodness, God's righteousness, God's power. And then look at Psalms chapter 66 and verse number two. Psalm 66 and verse number two. Sing forth the honor of his name. Make his praise glorious. Sing about the honor of God. The the the the who he is. This is the king of kings and the lord of lords. And then Psalms 105 and verse number two. Psalms 105 and verse number two.

Sing unto him. Sing psalms unto him. talk you all of his wondrous works. And so the challenge I think here is that we need to sing of his mercy. Is your home a home of music? Is your home a home of music? Uh in my child training class is I'm pointing out some things I've noticed over the years and and there's certain things I've seen with families that really do well, especially as the kids grow up and go out on their own. Those families are families that uh number one they they have something they do together as a family whether it's camping or water sports or other sports or uh hiking or whatever it might be.

They've got a kind of a family tradition they do together as a family. We had one family they were big on motorcycles and and uh other you know you've got something in that way. Uh, another thing I've seen is families that have a regular game night where they have sometimes they get together regularly, they play games together as a family. Um, I think another good thing is to have music. Uh, families that are musical. Now, you may not be musical. You know, there are some families where there that's music. Uh, I I was watching I I'm not endorsing her, but Dolly Parton passed away. And as I saw the news, one of the things they pointed out is she grew up in a very musical family.

Everybody sang, everybody played an instrument and and that obviously made an impact in her life. And when when Christian godly Christian music is a part of your home, that makes an impact in your home. And so, make it a habit in your family's life to sing and to listen to good music. If you're not musical, get some good CDs. Get some good get a good playlist and and and put it on there. Um, those of you with small children, Patch the Pirate Club is excellent for good music for your kids. And I I would get those. I would download those or get the CDs to to listen to the songs together and sing them together.

Uh, is this great music and they're and they're going to teach your kids character. Things like, you know, remember your manners and the pushy lip disease and, you know, um, obedience is the very best way to show that you believe. Those are great songs. But if you want to have a house and a family that that turns out right, make praise a very important part of your family. Make music a very important part of your family. All right. And then um so in verse number two there, he says, "I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart."

Okay. So, David's psalm comes from his heart and he knows he must live it in his life. Look at Psalms chapter 19 and verse number 14. Psalms 19 and verse number 14. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in my sight, oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer. In Proverbs 4:23 says, keep thy heart with all diligence, for out of it the issues of life. And so David said, "Listen, I need to make sure that I come to God with a perfect heart." And and the idea that that word perfect there is an idea that that um it is all is giving my all to the Lord is is is a complete heart.

It's a full heart uh of giving it to the Lord. And and that's so important. Uh, you know, we're we're going through Kings on Sunday morning, the the message series, King Meet, and we're going to be looking at Hezekiah this Sunday. And one of the things it says about Hezekiah is that he had a perfect heart towards God. Now, perfect doesn't mean he never did anything wrong because Hezekiah did sin. But but his heart was complete. His heart was committed. And and and it starts with the heart. If I as the father, if I, the husband, don't have that perfect heart, my household's not going to have it.

And so, David understood that, he's got to keep his heart right. We uh challenged you on Sunday to do the uh the the armor of God prayer. And I hope you've been doing that. I'll be honest with you, I missed the day on that. I had one night I didn't sleep very well. And when I got up, I wasn't thinking about the prayer at all. Uh which probably I needed more that day than other days. but just to put on the armor of God. And and part of it is is is I put on the breastplate of righteousness. Protect my heart from the evils of the world. Help me to be careful about what I look at, listen to, and allow into my heart.

You know, if you pray that prayer in the morning, then the Lord, the Holy Spirit is going to convict you when you sit down to watch the TV or get on the internet. He's going to convict you about what you look at and and and reminding you that you if you want to have a perfect heart, you've got to keep your heart with all diligence. You've got to protect that heart and make sure it's right with God. And then what cross reference is given for this verse from 1 Samuel and from Kings. So I want you to uh look at that. If you have a cross reference in your Bible, you may have a cross reference for verse number two uh to one of those two places.

Uh the first one we'll look at is uh in my Bible I've got uh first Kings 11:4, but I've also wrote down here First Kings 9:4. So let's start there at First Kings 9 and verse number four. Uh I want to challenge you again, use your cross references when you're reading your Bible. Glance to the column in the middle or on the side or at the bottom of the page. If there's a cross reference, look it up. It'll really open up that verse for you. This first Kings chapter 9 and verse number four. It says, "And if thou will walk with before me as David thy father walked in integrity of heart and uprightness to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and will keep my statutes and my judgments."

Now, the amazing thing to me is that God refers to David as walking upright in integrity's heart. And that was after all the sin he committed. And and that's the grace and the mercy of God that was being talked about here and reminded David of that. But yet I I believe after that sin when he got right with God, he made a determination. I need to. And so I I I I don't know the timeline of when Psalms 101 was written, but I've got to believe that was written maybe after his sin and realizing, man, I've got to get this right in my own home. I I've got to get this settled in my own home. And then look at First Kings 11 and verse number four.

First Kings 11 and verse number four says, "For it came to pass when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father." So, his heart was not perfect. There are other kings that are talked about who had a heart for God, but not all had a perfect heart towards God. Look at uh 1st Samuel chapter 18 and verse number 14. 1st Samuel chapter 18. And verse number 14, and David behaved himself wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him. So these are referring back to this idea of behaving wisely in a perfect way and having a perfect heart towards God.

Now, how do we learn how to behave wisely? Um, you know, what does it mean to behave wisely? Go over to Proverbs chapter 1 and verse number 7. Proverbs chapter 1 and verse number 7. The fear of the Lord is beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. And then Proverbs chapter 9 and verse number 10, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. And then Proverbs chapter 15 and verse number 33. Proverbs Proverbs 15:33. The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom. Before honor is humility. And so we need to understand the word wisdom in the Bible.

It it is it can also be translated as the idea of skill. And wisdom is learned by experience, by practice. uh knowledge you learn in your head, but wisdom is a skill we learn by by practicing what we know. And the more you practice, the wiser you become. And so, it's learning to practice the the knowledge that we have and and gaining the skills. So, if I want to act wisely, it's going to take practice. It's going to take effort to get to that point of doing that. and and it begins with uh the begins with the fear of the Lord and and understanding that again God sees me even in my home and and so I need to behave wisely there as well because I the I am there before the Lord.

And then um now was David always perfect? It says he that he walked with a perfect heart. God God said that about him in in Kings as well. Was David always perfect? Go over to 1 John chapter 3. 1 John chapter 3 and look at verses 7-9. Little children, let no man deceive you. He that doeth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous. He that committh sin is of the devil, for the devil sinnth from the beginning. For this purpose uh the Son of God was manifested that we might destroy the works of the devil. Whosoever is born of God does not commit sin, for his seed remainth in him, and he cannot sin uh sin because he is born of God.

And this is children of God. It goes on. So, you know, we read that passage and it sounds like, okay, if you're saved, you're not going to commit sin. Then go over to 1 John chapter 5 and verse number 18. Yeah. For we know that whosoever is born of God sinnth not, but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one touches him not. Okay, so again, uh if you're born of God, you're going to sin not. But then go over to First John chapter 2 and verse number five. 1 John chapter 2 and verse number five. But who so keepeth his word to him, verily is the love of God perfected. Hereby know we that we are in him.

Now, when we read the scriptures, we need to that's why we have to take the whole council of God. We read those passages isolated by themselves. It sounds like, well, you're going to be have, you know, if you're saved, you're never going to sin again. And if you sin, you're not saved. Now, we know that uh that's not true because the Bible even tells us that in in chapter 1 and verses 8-10 that if we say that we know sin, we deceive ourselves. The truth is not is. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we're not sin, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

And so it's very clear that we have a sin nature and we are even as Christians going to sin. And and but the goal is not to sin. Chapter 2 verse one, my little children, these things write unto you that you sin not. And if a man sin, we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous. So God's goal is that we sin not. And if you're a Christian, that ought to be your goal as well. And and if you can sin and get away with it, then number one, you may not be saved. You may not be truly saved to begin with. Or number two, if you sin and and you're not going to get away with it, you're either going to you're going to face the judgment of God and the punishment, the consequences of God.

And and so David was not perfect. Uh he sinned, but God forgave him. We looked at Psalms chapter 51 just a few lessons ago. And uh and David had to confess that sin and get right with God. And David paid the consequences of his sin. And I really believe that again, I I can't necessarily back this up directly, but I do believe this Psalms 101, David may have written after that point where he said, "You know what? I've got to get my household in order. And I've got to become that man of integrity that I'm supposed to be. And and it's got to start right here in my own home. And uh because David didn't always do that.

His home was a mess. His kids were a mess. Uh his life was a mess. And uh you know, he he paid the price for that in doing that. So we go back to this in and looking at this verse two. I'll behave myself wisely in perfect way. Oh, when wilt thou come unto me? So what is he what is he asking for then? He said, "Listen, if I'm going to do this, I need your help. I can't be the husband, the father, the man of God that I I'm I want to be here in this psalm without God coming unto me, without your help." And he says, "Listen, God, you can come anytime. You come to my house." You know, most of us, we we're having some company over tomorrow night.

We're looking forward to that. But most of us in our home, we have those doors we don't want them to open, right? Uh the kids' room, don't open that. That's a federal disaster area. Or this closet, don't open that or's going to fall on top of you. Or don't open that drawer because it's got everything in there. You know, there's places we don't want to open up and and let other people see. and and and and we we we feel like in our home we can we can you know we don't have to hide those things from from ourselves. But David saying listen God I want you to come into my home and I there's not a place that's closed to you.

You can come and see what I'm doing and see what h what is happening. And and so that's what David's asking for. He says, "Listen, if I'm going to behave myself wisely, um if I'm going to walk perfectly within my house with a perfect heart, then God, I need you to come and I'm ready for you to come. I'm I I'm not uh you know, hiding anything from you." All right. And then letter G there. Where is the hardest yet most important place to to live the Christian life? And that's obviously at home. Go over to Deuteronomy chapter 6. Deuteronomy chapter 6. And look at verses 4-9. Here, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soul, with all thy might. And these words which I command thee shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children. They sh and it shall talk of them when thou sitest thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, when thou rise up. And and so we have to look at our household as a place where we're teaching our family. And you you should have family devotions with your kids and with your wife. But you know, one of the best place ways to teach your kids is in the daily things of life.

Uh one of the things I'm thankful for when when I was a kid, we didn't have pause TV. you know, you it was all live and if you if you something happened, you you you had to rush out through during the commercials and rush back in there and we didn't have it. We didn't have remote controls. My mom's remote control was, "Hey kid, go change the channel. Uh go turn up the volume and and all." But I I I love remote controls because number one, uh I can fast forward through the commercials and the garbage on TV and and just watch the stuff that's decent to watch. But number two is to pause it. You know, you're in your living room watching a TV program and and the kid lies, you can pause it and say, "What he did was wrong, wasn't it?

Why why was that wrong? What should he have done?" You know, those are the teaching moments. The times when you're washing dishes together, the times when you're uh out in the yard doing things, those are the greatest teaching moments you will ever have as a parent. And I believe those will teach a lot more than devotions as a family devotions does. Now, again, don't get me wrong. I believe you should have family devotions, but your best teaching times are in life. And that's what David is is I think is is understanding here and and and he needs to do is to teach in the home. And then what are some of the ways we can behave at home?

And I want you to think about that before next week's lesson. But just think about what are some ways I can behave at home. What are some ways I can behave wrong at home? Maybe it's by what I watch on TV. Maybe it was what I go on the internet. Uh maybe it's what I, you know, what are some ways I can behave wrongly at home? David said, ' Listen, I'm going to behave myself wisely.