I Will
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COLUMN: Guest article
I Will
by Vance Huston
What kind of promises have you made for the
future? Promises and intentions are profitable
ONLY if they are good ones and ONLY if they are
kept.
These from the Psalms will be profitable if we
keep them faithfully.
1. I will take heed to my ways. Psalm 39:1
contains this precious resolution. Timothy was
admonished to take heed to himself (1 Tim. 4:16),
and Paul challenged the elders of Ephesus to take
heed unto themselves (Acts 20:28). All are called
upon to take heed lest we fall (1 Cor. 10:12), to
our thoughts, words, deeds, attitudes, priorities,
and affections.
2. I will put my trust in God (Psalm 56:3, 11). "I
will lift up mine eyes to the hills from when
cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord"
(Psalm 121:1-2).
3. I will praise God (Psalm 119:7). A trait that
hopefully will always describe us is that we are a
people that worship God in the spirit, rejoice in
Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh
(Phil. 3:3). Let us never turn our backs on the
assembly (Heb. 10:25). God is truly worthy to be
praised.
4. I will be obedient to God: "I will keep thy
statutes" (Psalm 119:8). "I will delight in thy
commands" (Psalm 119:47). I will meditate on thy
precepts (Psalm 119:93). Nothing can replace the
desire to know and obey the will of God.
5. I will be thankful: "At midnight I will rise to
give thanks unto thee" (Psalm 119.62). It is vital
that we remember what He has done for us, with a
heart filled with thanksgiving.
What are your "I wills"? Make good ones. Keep
them!
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Condensed from The Voice of Truth International,
vol. 38, p. 65-66. Used with permission of the
editor.
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