Having a Righteous Character

[277 words] “The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me. I was also blameless with Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity. Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes” (Psalm 18:20-24). David says, “For all His ordinances were before me, and I did not put away His statutes from me.” He has kept God’s commandments before him by thinking of them and obeying them. He has not engaged in willful and persistent rebellion. He affirms still further, “I was also blameless with Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.”…