Walk Blameless

Isn't it amazing how we want certain things, but not quite enough to do what is required.  I love reaching into the freezer for a package of homemade sausage, but not enough to suit up in camouflage, trek into the woods – clearing away spider webs and watching for rattle snakes – brave the dark patiently waiting on a wild hog to [maybe] wander my way.  Nope, not for me!

 

The psalmist wrote, “Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!” (119:1).  What does it mean to walk “blameless?”  Follow me for a few minutes, and you’ll know!  Like a child might put his little foot into his father’s footprint, so are we as Children of God to walk.  Reading the verses that follow, we know how: keep his testimonies … seek Him … do not wrong … walk in His ways … learn His righteous ways – all done with diligence, steadfastness, and eyes fixed on God (V.2-8).  It’s a tall order but with such sweet reward: no shame and not forsaken.  There are few things more devastating to a person than suffering disgrace (shame for things done or not done) or being abandoned (in time of need).  But “blessed” are those who seek to live blameless: “blessed” – the Hebrew word for “happy.”  Coupled with the word blameless (undefiled), such happiness belongs to the whole, complete, entire person – happiness that reaches to the core of who we are.  I love homemade sausage but that has its limits – I’m just glad Mr. Bill finds hog-hunting fun.  Each of us must decide to what extent we will go for a blessed life.  Will you walk blameless?