Pray for Stability in All Your Ways!

Psalm 26

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Tuesday, April 11.

Are you stable in all your ways? Praying Psalm 26 will help you strengthen your mental health and emotional well-being. God’s desire for your stability is expressed in the first and last verses of today’s psalm. Verse 1 begins, “Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.” Verse 12 concludes, “My foot stands on a level place; in the congregations I shall bless the Lord.” Pastor James Montgomery Boice explained of these bookends, “they unify the psalm, teaching that the one who trusts God will have a level foundation on which to build a life, while the one who does not trust God is on steep, slippery terrain.”^[1]

Elsewhere in the Scriptures, we read about the stability found through obeying God’s Word. Habakkuk 3:19 portrays the life of faith, “The Lord God is my strength, and He has made my feet like hinds’ feet, and makes me walk on my high places” (cf. Psalm 18:33). This is the imagery of standing firm upon the rock, as found in Psalm 40:2, “He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm.” Jesus used this language in Matthew 7:24, for those who build their lives on obedience to His teachings, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.” This is how you find stability in all your ways – by listening to and obeying Jesus’ commands! Your mental health and emotional well-being are intimately yoked to your spiritual vitality (Matthew 11:28-30).

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 26, meditating upon the firm foundation of your faith, “which is Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 3:11).

God bless you!

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