Saturday, March 1, 2008
An Original Purpose Forgotten by PSALM...

Psalm 59 highlights God as our strength, our fortress, our loving God. God never fails to let us know that He is our deliverer, our refuge in times of trouble and truly, we are nothing without Him. Yet there are times that we think that we can be someone who is successful and forget about God altogether. We tend to go on our own way when we rely on ourselves.

I was reminded that God created us to love Him and that is our purpose. We are God’s project, His creation and we are called to worship Him. Imagine that you invented something for a specific purpose and for that sole purpose only, how you would feel if someone uses it for an incorrect purpose. The sole specific purpose of the iron is used for ironing clothes but what if someone uses it to cook satay instead? Would you, as the inventor feel a sense of disappointment for the misuse of the iron? This is the same kind of reaction that God is feeling.

As I said, we were called to worship Him and to love Him for this is our sole purpose. We should not be going our own way or forging out or carving out our own lives the way we want it to be.

It is said in Deuteronomy 5:9 that God is a jealous God. Jealous not in the ‘human’ way but rather the expression of letting us know that we must put God first in our hearts. He does not want you to place the wrong priorities in your lives, we are His creation and we are made to love Him. I hope you caught the essence of God’s primary and foremost intention for you.

Do you have a heart of worshipping the Lord God Almighty? If you do, He is more than willing to be our strength, our fortress, our deliverer, our refuge in times of trouble and our loving God. Truly, we are nothing without Him.

Labels: Devotion, PSALM devotions