BEAUTY OR SHAME?
Psalm 90, 97

Which God are you serving? To serve God is to love God and loving Him is serving Him. Talking love is cheap and not enough but working love is real and complete. How do we love God? Deuteronomy made it clear, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:5) Evidently, to love God is to know God. Do you know if you know Him? 1 John 2:3-5, “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” Love God, serve Him and do not end up in shame. The Psalmist wrote in Psalm 97:7 “Let all be put to shame who serve carved images, who boast of idols. Worship Him, all you gods.” Shame belongs to those who serve outside of the living God. Being put to shame or living in shame is not a life for the children of God. Shame is a direct result of failure, destruction, deprivation, degradation and every humiliating situation that one can think or imagine. The Psalmist was requesting that all be put to shame who serve carved images and who boast of idols. Serving outside of the One and Only Creator, the Most High God is not an option but a command. As shame belongs to those who are serving idols, so beauty is what belongs to those who are serving the Most High God. The Psalmist also pointed out in Psalm 90:17, “And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.” The difference is clear. Beauty of God is blessing of God. When you serve Him in deed and in truth, His beauty will be the end result. It is clearly spelled out by the Psalmist that when the beauty of the Lord comes upon a believer, that believer is set to be established for His glory. How are you serving Him? It is one thing to claim serving Him and it is another thing to be serving Him in truth. The words of the Bible are neither fairy tale nor fiction. The purpose of the word is stated in 2Timothy 3:16, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” If you will be purposeful by taking the word of God as a living oracle, you will not end up in shame, but rather you will end up under the beauty of the Lord while overcoming the challenges that come your way.

Prayer for today: O Lord my God, I ask in Jesus name that you cause your word to have its rightful place in me.