"Set A Guard and Keep Watch"

 

“Set A Guard and Keep Watch”

 

Set a guard over my mouth, LORD; keep watch over the door of my lips.  Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies.     Psalms 141:3,4

 

These verses are part of David’s evening prayer, it was a prayer for SANCTIFICATION, he wanted God to PURIFY or SET him FREE from sin.  So, he implores God to, first, set a GUARD over his mouth, to prevent him from using WRONG speech, to DIRECT his WORDS, and to KEEP WATCH over his WORDS, that they might be PLEASING to the HOLY RIGHTEOUS GOD of the ENTIRE UNIVERSE. 

 

Secondly, he implored upon God to STOP him from being DRAWN to what is EVIL, that he would NOT take part in WICKED DEEDS, along with the EVILDOERS.  And to KEEP him FROM being ENTICED to participate in their SENSUAL LUXURIES, which is GAINED by their WICKED ACTIVITIES.  David desired God’s DIVINE INTERVENTION, in order to SANCTIFY him for GOD’S PURPOSES, and NOT his own. 

 

This SHOULD BE the prayer of EVERY TRUE BELIEVER.  As human beings, we are PRONE to SIN, but as GOD’S CHILDREN, we SHOULD be PRONE to TALKING and ACTING like His CHILDREN. And to SEEK HIS HELP in EVERY ASPECT of our DAILY LIVES.  That we MIGHT be SANCTIFIED for His GOOD WORKS.  Are you SEEKING His SANCTIFICATION?  Are you SEEKING to TALK and LIVE like He wants you to?  Is it your DESIRE for Him to SET A GUARD over your MOUTH and to KEEP WATCH over the door of your LIPS?  And for Him to KEEP you from participating in WICKED DEEDS?  If NOT, you SHOULD BE, that is, if you are a TRUE CHILD of the LIVING GOD.

 

If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to Him, then YOU have MAJOR problems. Your ETERNAL DESTINY is spending your ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  In order to be ABLE to ESCAPE that DESTINY, You, MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And you do that by; first, ADMITTING that you are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s ONLY SON. And BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, That JESUS died for YOU, and is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you. Then CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and TRUST Him to SANCTIFY YOU for His PURPOSES.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!