Who may 

worship 

in your sanctuary, 

Lord? 

Who may 

enter your presence 

on your holy hill? 

Those who 

lend money 

without charging interest, 

and who 

cannot be bribed 

to lie about the innocent.

Such people will stand firm forever.

Psalms 15:1, 5 NLT

It's interesting that these two concepts, lending money and lying about someone are connected together in this song.

What connects them?

When I lie about the innocent, I do it to gain something. Gain some advantage.

Think groups of people. 

Labels. We love to put labels on groups - it makes it easy to gain something. 

When I lend money & charge interest I do it to gain something. 

Underneath this are ideas. The idea that if you have money you deserve a return on it. 

Who says?

What if our society didn't charge interest? 

Practiced Jubilee?

Maybe that's too big a thing to change. 

But what if you and I took God at His word and not buy into all the ideas of our culture?

This song is about our hearts and the ideas that shape us. Let's keep letting God's view, His ideas, shape our hearts and thinking and how we live in the world 

#psalms

#psalm15

#somethingtochewon

#upsidedownkingdom