Psalm 5:1-6 English Standard Version (ESV)

Lead Me in Your Righteousness

To the choirmaster: for the flutes. A Psalm of David.

5 Give ear to my words, O Lord;
    consider my groaning.
² Give attention to the sound of my cry,
    my King and my God,
    for to you do I pray.
³ O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
    in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

⁴ For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
    evil may not dwell with you.
⁵ The boastful shall not stand before your eyes;
    you hate all evildoers.
⁶ You destroy those who speak lies;
    the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

What is the point of this Psalm? It was written as a song, given to the choirmaster with these instructions, “for the flutes”. The flutes are called out for their part in particular. They were to be the music.

Not everything within the bible is as clear as these instructions, “This is your part.” It is clear that the choirmaster receives the instruction and passes down the instruction that is given. But who plays the flute? The one gifted to do so, who has either a natural gift or a given gift.

Ephesians 4:8 English Standard Version (ESV)

⁸ Therefore it says,

“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives,
    and he gave gifts to men.”^[a]

Footnotes: [a] The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women

Our gifts can be natural or spirit given. It may even be that a natural gift is enhance spiritually. While the bible does lay out in detail diversities of gifts in several ways by category, function and purpose, it is conceivable that there are natural talents that God can uses to further His kingdom that are not listed.

What is your gift?

Where to Worship by Larry Perry

John 4:23-24 English Standard Version (ESV)

²³ But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. ²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Yesterday we spoke about operations and administrations and the diversities associated with them. So where should we worship? If you do not worship God in spirit and in truth it does not matter. If you do worship God in spirit and in truth then God will lead you where He can use you.

God does everything with purpose. What that means for each of us can only be found in a close personal relationship with God. I cannot tell you that and few can. God does use fellowship to place people but knowing how you fit in is more complicated than just finding nice people.

Ephesians 4:16 English Standard Version (ESV) from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

It is not enough to be accepted, we should bring something to the party that is needed and which supplies a need by virtue of use. Those around us will define where we fit because there is not only a bond but also a need. We do not stop being needy people just because we have joined a church. These things cannot be discovered in isolation. We must join in with their activities and groups.

Discover who they are in Christ and that will help us discover who we are in Christ.

Are they open and transparent? Are we open and transparent? Worshiping God in truth means being real with one another.