Never Shaken!

LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others; who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the LORD; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind; who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken. Psalm 15 NIV

If we do what is said in The Word, we will never be shaken!

So what happens, if we don't do what's said in The Word?

Where is God's sacred tent? The heavens are His and those who live according to His Word and His Judgment will dwell with Him forever. Heaven is my home (my true resting place).

Those whose walk is blameless--we should be living epistles, read of men--and what they see should reflect who God is. This does not mean we--mere human beings are perfect--but we recognize our own shortcomings, acknowledge our fallibility, and apologize when we are wrong. This is what a righteous person does.

Who's speaking truth from their heart? Those who know The Lord--know that God is not a man that He should lie and that He is the same--yesterday, today, and forever for He has said, "I change not." It is men who change their minds--consistently--to the point that one could say, no one knows what men will do next. Since hearts are so fickle, can any human being speak truth from their heart if their heart is filled with the love of God, and truth of His Word? No--we cannot--for without His guidance, our knowledge and wisdom are faulty.

Whose tongue utters no slander--can we expect to live with God if we deliberately tell lies about others and even when proven wrong--refuse to back down--admitting we lied? No, we cannot slander others--allowing our egos to rule us and still expect to live for all eternity with God.

Can we treat our neighbors with contempt and show ourselves "unfriendly" when they make attempts to fortify longstanding alliances? No, if we do not respect and honor our neighbors--"love your neighbor as yourself"--we cannot expect to maintain alliances or to dwell in Heaven. President Obama was slandered by 45 and no one in the White House thinks he is owed an apology--since none is forthcoming.

Can we cast slurs on others and still expect to make into Heaven? No--we cannot accuse others of doing something they did not do--without apology or acknowledgment of our being wrong. The British Intelligence Community was accused of doing something they did not do simply because of a lack of knowledge and investigation on the part of the White House team.

It would appear that 45 honors the vile person in Russia and yet despises the honorable in America--President Obama, our Intelligence Community, and our federal judges.

Anyone with seeing eyes and hearing ears can see that 45 has failed to keep his oath of office--when he puts his own personal interest (family/business) or those of his billionaire buddies ahead of the best interest of all Americans.

He has no interest in assisting the poor and with the proposed budget and changes in healthcare--he actually will oppress the poor.

We also know that 45 bribes and has been bribed and has no problem with the concept.

And that is why the White House has been shaken--they are operating on overdrive trying to combat all the negative publicity generated by the shortsighted 45 and his relentless ego-driven tweets. Not only are they shaken, but they can rest assured--they will not dwell for all eternity with God.

For the rest of us--as long as we do what God says and speak His Truth--we will never be shaken by unfolding events.