Psalm 4:3 - January 27, 2009

Ps 4:3 “Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD will hear when I call to him.” NIV

The Lord has set apart a people in the earth for himself. The kind man, the righteous one is set apart by the Lord for his own purposes. I Ch. 16:9 tells us that the eyes of the Lord range search throughout the earth seeking to find the one whose heart belongs completely to him so that he might fully support that one. God does indeed look for the whole hearted. Paul expressed gratitude in I Ti. 1:12 that the Lord had considered him faithful, resulting in Paul being put into the Lord’s service.God is searching for faithful men and women that he can invest in. He calls many and then the call begins to work in the lives of those who are called, sifting, refining our choices, preparing a people for God. Joseph was refined by the call as were both David and Moses. Each received an invitation to a destination; come and live a life that changes the world. Each was set apart by the Lord and prepared with fire for its fulfillment. Times of revelation, times of waiting, times of pain, times of doubt and fear all worked together to prove the character of these men that had been set apart by God.Our father is watching!
Proverbs 15:3 states that His eyes are everywhere, “keeping watch on the wicked and the good”. Paul’s prayer was that the church would live a life worthy of the calling of God. Who will live a life worthy of being set apart for God? Who will respond to the call? Isaiah said, “Here am I send me!”
in Is. 6. Imagine being that person who has been marked by God and set apart for a Holy purpose. This is the invitation for every believer. Paul states the invitation this way in
2 Tim 2:20-21 “In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. 21 If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.” NIV The glorious thing about our heavenly father is that he issues this invitation to all and lets the choice be ours what kind of response we will give and what kind of vessel we will become.