As we move past Psalm 101:5 and our October Accusers we begin today with Psalm 101:6…

My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me.

Psalm 101:6

Who do you choose to “dwell” with? Who do you choose to abide with you? What type of person do you choose to associate with in your spare time?

Are they the faithful in the land?

Do you have faithful people in your life?

The word faithful in this verse in the Hebrew is ‘aman and it means to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish, foster-father or foster-mother, nurse, pillars, supporters of the door, to be established, make firm, sure, lasting, verified, reliable, etc… 

Do you purposely choose to surround yourself with well established, reliable, and sure people who will love you as they would love their own children?

Or is your crowd full of wishy-washy personalities who are fickle and unreliable? Do they change their minds and friends and plans with the wind and whatever is the latest and appearing the greatest new idea? Do they float in and out of church and lives? Do their standards change according to who they are with and where they are at. Do they stand on sand?

We must be purposeful about who we choose to dwell with. We must be purposeful in choosing our friends and most definitely in choosing our spouses.

Are your eyes on the faithful of the land?

Putting yourself in good company is one of the wisest moves any believer can make.

 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

1 Corinthians 15:33

Bad company corrupts good morals and bad counseling ruins lives.

So the next question is, who do you take advise from? Who ministers to you? Are they blameless? Do they live a life of integrity? Sadly just because someone professes to be a christian or even leads a church as pastor… if they do not live blameless lives and walk in the integrity of their heart in their own house they need not be one who ministers to you.

Do you allow those to minister to you, to help you with problems, to offer you advise who never open the Word of God or even reference the Word in any way?

Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things;

they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane,

and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean;

and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths,

and I am profaned among them.

Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey,

by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain. 

Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, 

seeing false visions and divining lies for them,

saying, ‘Thus says the Lord God,’ when the Lord has not spoken.

Ezekiel 22:26-28

 

I can’t tell you the sad stories I have read and heard from those who received advice from a “pastor” or a “christian” that was completely out of line of Scripture and now the ones paying the price are the ones who listened to them. I sit and shake my head in utter frustration at those who have chosen to listen to the words of those in ungodly lifestyles while ignoring the advise of those who are seeking God daily.

We must be so very careful about who we receive instruction from…

I was speaking with an older gentlemen one day several years ago. His wife had bought some Mary Kay from me and he had came to pick it up. During our conversation we of course got on church… and he said to me “well, I think our pastor’s a crook but boy he sure can preach!”

I can’t think of many statements that make me cringe more than that… and it makes me cringe because this man had no shame, and didn’t check up, and didn’t see anything at all wrong with what he said… he thought it was quite funny. And what’s worse this type of thing is said all the time…

“Oh yeh he can’t keep his hands off the perty one’s but he sure can preach!” 

“Yeh, I heard he used to beat his wife up pretty regular, but he should could preach!“

“Yeh, he’ll cuss you like a dog on the softball field, but he sure can preach!” 

Who dwells with you?

Who ministers to you?

Are there things and people in your life that you need to be walking away from?