make Your way straight before me

'For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil dwells with You.
The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes;
You hate all who do iniquity.
You destroy those who speak falsehood...
The LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
But as for me, by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house,
O LORD, lead me in Your righteousness...
Make Your way straight before me.' (from Psalm 5)

We live in a time when the boastful stand proudly (just look at our politicians), where iniquity has become just another lifestyle choice, where speaking falsehood has become common and accepted in our daily lives (there is no truth just each person's own understanding) and innocent blood continues to flow in our streets (the value of life has been so degraded starting with infanticide of our unborn babies all the way to assisted suicide and honor killings).
Yet will we, the people of the living Lord, follow the admonition provided in this Psalm ? Will we say 'but as for me, by Your lovingkindness Lord I will enter Your house, lead me in Your righteousness Lord, make Your way straight before me Lord God Almighty....
The desire of my heart is to walk in His way, to trust in Him completely, to walk with humility of heart and mind, to stand firm in His truth, to turn from the path of iniquity, to speak words of life and grace and mercy to this lost world...and I cannot do this of my own flesh and blood - it is only through the
power of the Lord living in me, by His Holy Spirit leading me in the way that I should go, by surrendering my life as a sacrifice and following Him daily. Great is His faithfulness to all who call upon His name.