Sunday, January 20, 2008
Setting Psalm Time Aside For God...

Today is the start of my rush hour fever again. Projects are due by the end of this week and I am going to be very busy again. My entries might be shorter as I’m doing my very best to set aside time to spend my time with God. But I know that however busy I may be, I will make the choice to set the Lord before me and psalm 16 is the psalm which reaffirms me of my decision.

V1 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.
- I am affirmed that I can always seek God as my refuge during this time

V7 I will praise the LORD, who counsels me
- Not only is God my refuge, but He is also my counsellor whom I can seek help from.

V8 I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- God has affirmed me that when I put Him first in my life, He will be by my side to make sure that I would not fall.

V9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure
- By making the choice of always setting the Lord before me, my heart will be glad, my tongue would rejoice. I will find the rest that I have been looking for.

V11 You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
- The Lord has made known to me the path of life that I have in Him when I put Him first in my life. Indeed I would be joyful in His presence.

By always setting Him before me, I would grow in knowing Him better and it has been said that knowing God is eternal life.
As said in John 17:3, ‘now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.’

In v2, it says ‘"You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing."
May we say to the Lord that indeed, He is our Lord; apart from Him we have no good thing. Therefore, we shall put Him first in our lives.

Would you make this your prayer today?

Labels: Devotion, PSALM devotions