Psalm 15
David ends this Psalm with some variation of 'those who act this way will never be moved,' which shows you that his understanding of humanity was occasionally lacking. Both the blameless and the wicked sway from time to time, and most people who may now be blameless one day weren't. The whole concept of repentance is based on the 'turning' of a person, from one who did not recognize their sins to being one who both recognizes and regrets their former deeds. If we did not move from how we were we would never be found in God's tent.
Speaking of God's tent, have you ever noticed God's road-trip mentality? The Israelites were a people on the move, until they were forced to stay in one place and then became a people on the move until they entered a promised land but then became a people on the move again and again until David asked for and Solomon built a temple, placing God in a place and restricting who could enter into God's area and who could not. We also restrict God to a place, we just call it a church instead of a temple, but much like God showed in the tearing of the veil, God is not restricted, no matter how much we may prefer God to be.
+ Take a moment to reflect on how you were before you 'turned' toward God just so you can adequately praise God for all he has done in your life.
+ How have you restricted God? How has God revealed God's own freedom to you?
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