Psalm 40:2
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.”
“I’m sorry!” These are the words of someone who says they are going to get right. It is always a good thing when someone decides to get right, but just expressing your sorrow of what you have done is not enough, doing right after that expression is what God desires.
In the verse above, God brought the psalmist out of the miry clay. He recognized that his life was in a horrible pit and that God came to where he was and helped him get his life back in order. In the verses that follow, you see the proof that the psalmist got right in his attitudes and actions. When a person truly gets right, these same attitudes and actions will be the result of them getting right with God.
First, the person who gets right will be a person who sings the right songs. Verse 3 says, “And he hath put a new song in my mouth…” The person who gets right will always have a song in their heart. They will enjoy the right music and they will enjoy singing. It always concerns me when a person doesn’t want to sing because the Scriptures always show that the person who is right will enjoy singing and listening to the right music.
Second, the person who gets right will recognize God’s working in their life. In verse 5, the psalmist saw the “wonderful works” of God in his life. He didn’t complain or gripe about what happened in his life, but he recognized that everything he was going through was the mighty hand of God doing something through him. When a person gets right, they will see everything happening in their life as the hand of God working.
Third, when a person gets right they will delight in God’s will. You will find that when a person gets right they will take rebuke, correction or instruction concerning God’s will with a good attitude. They won’t get angry with those trying to help them because they want to do right. The humility of someone who is right will be evident in their attitude concerning what God wants them to do.
Fourth, when a person gets right they will want to tell others about Christ. In verse 9, you find the psalmist preaching to the “great congregation.” A person who has truly gotten right with God will want to tell others about Him. They won’t be ashamed to talk of Christ because He is the One Who saved their life from the mires of sin.
Lastly, when a person gets right they will see their depravity. In verse 12, the psalmist still saw the great amount of “iniquities” which he still needed to work on. When a person gets right, they won’t point their fingers at others; rather, they will see themselves as they truly are and will continue to work on cleaning sin from their life.
Friend, these attitudes and actions are in the heart of anyone who is right with God. I ask you, are they in you? The greatest evidence that someone is right with God is that they won’t point to themselves, but they will point to Christ. Words will never be louder than actions and attitudes. My encouragement to you is to stop telling everyone how right you are with God and let your actions and attitude will speak for you.