"Redirection"

"Let the people praise Thee, O God; let all the people praise Thee." (Psalms 67:3) How about a changed heart? Let that be the miracle you expect God to work in you! But, you say, "I had my heart changed back in the 80's; I'm good." You really don't get it. God has called us to be a people that are set apart; He has given us hearts that are pure and set apart for Him; and what do we do, we go and defile them with strange gods and sinful desires. I really don't care how holy you think you are, or how long you have walked with God, if your life is not completely yielded to the Holy Spirit, then you're missing the point; point meaning the direction in which you are headed! It is a little thing called compromise. And usually that is all it takes; just a little bit! Nothing too spectacular, just a little pleasure for myself; no one will know, and it really will not hurt anybody. Ya, I know; what the heck does this have to do with anything? Everything! Do you honestly think for just a moment that all the people praise God? They should, but they don't. How about you? Do you praise Him in everything that you do? or have you let some certain people set the bar of purity in your heart? I am not talking about really bad people, I'm talking about compromised Christians; those by whom you have witnessed doing this or that, and you have let it become you're excuse for compromise in your own life. On the other hand, we don't even need to look at the church; we can adjust our own standard by just looking at the world, and making that the balance between right and wrong, or good and bad, holiness and wickedness. The only problem with that, is that there really is some good in the world; there really are some people out there that will lay down their life for others; there are unsaved people that have compassion for the poor; so where do we point to for real direction? How about Jesus? Forget about all the rest, and set your mind on Him! The way I see it, all people means every sort and every persuasion; in everything you do, praise Him; which actually means, you are confessing that He is your God... "Listen! It's the voice of someone shouting, "Clear the way through the wilderness for the LORD! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God! Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills. Straighten the curves, and smooth out the rough places. Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all the people will see it together. The LORD has spoken!" (Isaiah 40:3-5) NLT