Psalms 101:2. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.
This was a good resolve; but David did not carry it out to the full. There were evil times when he was not wise, and there were sad times when he was not perfect. Still, it is well to make such a resolve as this declaration of David when he came to the throne, especially when you are newly married, or just opening a business. Oh, that every young man and young woman would commence life with such a holy resolution as this, "I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way "I but notice the prayer that follows the resolve, -
Psalms 101:2. O when wilt thou come unto me?
For I shall be neither wise nor holy without thee. "O when wilt thou come unto me?"
Psalms 101:2. I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
There is a great deal in the way in which a man walks in his house. It will not do to be a saint Abroad and a devil at home; there are some of that kind. They are wonderfully sweet at a prayer-meeting, but they are dreadfully sour to their wives and children. This will never do. Every genuine believer should say, and mean it, "I will walk within my house with a perfect heart." It is in the home that we get the truest proof of godliness.
"What sort of a man is he?" said one to George Whitefield, and Whitefield answered, "I cannot say, for I never lived with him." That is the way to test a man, to live with him.
Psalms 101:2. I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way.
This was a good resolve; but David did not carry it out to the full. There were evil times when he was not wise, and there were sad times when he was not perfect. Still, it is well to make such a resolve as this declaration of David when he came to the throne, especially when you are newly married, or just opening a business. Oh, that every young man and young woman would commence life with such a holy resolution as this, "I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way "I but notice the prayer that follows the resolve, -
Psalms 101:2. O when wilt thou come unto me?
For I shall be neither wise nor holy without thee. "O when wilt thou come unto me?"
Psalms 101:2. I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
There is a great deal in the way in which a man walks in his house. It will not do to be a saint Abroad and a devil at home; there are some of that kind. They are wonderfully sweet at a prayer-meeting, but they are dreadfully sour to their wives and children. This will never do. Every genuine believer should say, and mean it, "I will walk within my house with a perfect heart." It is in the home that we get the truest proof of godliness.
"What sort of a man is he?" said one to George Whitefield, and Whitefield answered, "I cannot say, for I never lived with him." That is the way to test a man, to live with him.