“I will sing to you of your love and justice; Oh Lord, I will be careful to lead a blameless life. I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart. I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; and I will have no part in it. I will have nothing to do with what is evil. I will keep people with a perverse of heart far from me.” Psalm 101:1-4

Going through a closet I found an old Boy Scout Handbook, used when my sons lived at home. Turning the pages, I fondly remembered the time spent teaching and learning important life skills like first aid, knot tying, map reading, cooking, camping etc. The front of the manual held the Scout Oath. A personal promise.

Back then, man building skills were taught on top of those life skills. Each Scout meeting required both the Oath and the Law be recited. A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent. The Laws served as a guidepost of basic character traits each Scout ascribed to, and expected from one another.

Opening my Bible, my eyes fell upon Psalm 101. It reminded me of the Scout Law above, but also gave me even more distinct purposes for each day. Each verse details a commitment that I can lay out and use as a daily goal for my life. Living God’s Life by following these verses builds the Character God expects from me.

Boy Scouting has pretty much faded away as a man building tool. Women and homosexuals came in and changed the program from what it used to be. Learning camping skills are still taught, but building honorable men has gone out the window. The Church today faces the same issues as scouting did years ago.

It doesn’t really matter if one can cook over a fire today. But it DOES matter if a Godly man or woman GETS cooked over one, if they don’t hold to God’s basic laws, maintaining it with an Oath, to be God’s person in this evil world. I’ve discovered that learning and reciting God’s Word, I can react to evil quickly.

Do you have a God Code you live by? Are you in His Word daily to refine your character to match His? God’s intention is NOT that you ‘Do your best…’ but that you DO what He says! Will you?