words for wednesday

This is one of the surest things I know. It's what hearkens me back to God when I wander-- that within us is a yearning for the infinite. We want everything; we look for it everywhere. What we find is never enough. Or rather, it is enough for a little while; but then one day we wake up and it's not enough anymore. And again we feel the endless yearning.

Psalm 16:

Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.

I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing."
I say of the holy people who are in the land,
"They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight."
Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.

LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
I keep my eyes always on the LORD.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

Phew! So much goodness in there.

I love how the psalmist says, "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing."

What if I began the day by saying those words out loud? "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing."

What would my days look like if I needed/expected/wanted nothing but my God?

 

(Don't mind me looking bummy in my husband's Justin Bieber hoodie.)

Anyway, there it is on my bathroom mirror now. I want to go out into the world every morning with this in mind. "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing." I'm sure I'll return each evening knowing it a little better, whether I remembered it or not. I am forgetful and easily distracted, but God is good at reminding us of Himself.

So then let's end with this gem: "You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand."

What a sweet truth. In Christ, God has made known to us the path of life. We may know joy in the presence of our Savior, Creator, and King. He gives us infinite and eternal and everything when He gives us Himself.

Wait. Soooo...

He who is everything has given us Himself.

You guys, we have EVERYTHING. Forever.