Psalm 34, : 12-14
Does anyone want to live a life
that is long and prosperous?
Then keep your tongue from speaking evil
and your lips from telling lies!
Turn away from evil and do good.
Search for peace, and work to maintain it.
I get this one wrong a lot. I look at some of my heroes in the faith and I think that their exploits are so exciting that I assume I am called to do things like they are doing. But in the Psalms I see a passage telling me a much simpler path. Go find a peaceful existence and then work hard to stay in that peace. Turn away from evil, do good, and don't tell lies. The rest takes care of itself.
I am so impressed by this simple verse. I want to live a life that is long and prosperous, so I dream up all the exploits I would like to accomplish. And then BOOM, I am hit with "search for peace, and work to maintain it."
Very counter-intuitive for a western Christian man.
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