David’s Code of Conduct
When I typed in this week’s memory verse from Psalm 119:80, I was reminded of an early chapter in the book of Psalms written by King David.
Psalm 101 really smacked me in the head a couple of years ago and I try to reread it often. I call it David’s Code of Conduct.
I found eight “I will” principles in this chapter that I believe are important for us as man to keep before us:
- I will be careful to live a blameless life.
- I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.
- I will refuse to look at anything vulgar.
- I will hate all crooked dealings – I will have nothing to do with them.
- I will reject perverse ideas and stay away from every evil.
- I will not tolerate people who slander their neighbor.
- I will not endure conceit and pride.
- I will keep a protective eye on the godly, so they may dwell in safety.
Many a guy who has blown it will with regret look back and say, “I wish I had tattooed this list on my eyeballs!”
Blowing it is far easier than we’d like to believe. I dusted off this list and have placed it on my home and office desk as a reminder to guard my heart! How about you?
How are you guarding your heart?
Running the race with joy,
Bill Welte
President/CEO America’s Keswick
Daily Bible Reading: Numbers 7-8; Revelation 17
Quote of the day: You ought to so live your life that Westboro Baptist will show up at your funeral! J
Freedom Fighters 
Bill, That’s a pretty challenging list. Thanks. I’m wrestling with what it might mean to reject perverse ideas. Is it just pique when I have to question my doctor’s ethics about a particular charge, or does that excessive charge express a
perverse idea? So many incidents arise…. Then, what about my perverse ideas? My daughter has said that I want to be right all the time. I ask myself: do I have a prideful and perverse tendency to want to be right, or am I exercising paternal responsibility to correct false or non-Biblical thoughts I may hear her express. Your freedom fighter communication reveals to me the importance of meditating continually on His Word, yet knowing that I am forgiven and that He has descended in order to redeem our souls totally with an unfailing love when we are not righteous as well as when we have the victory.
Blessings, Jeff