Tuesday, March 4, 2008
The Precious Time That PSALM-One Treasures...
I love what psalm 63:1-3 says
‘O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.’ His love is better than life. I have seen His goodness in my life and indeed my mouth will praise Him.
I was reminded of the essence of this season of fasting and praying that we are doing. I was so caught up with the dos and don’ts of this fast that it has become a legalistic kind of thing. I have totally overlooked the true meaning behind this fasting. It’s not all about fasting and praying on the stipulated things that we were asked to fast but it’s really for us to focus on spending time with God and praying.
To spend time with God is to give up on things that distract you from spending time with God. It could be fasting from going on MSN if you spend most of your time on it everyday or it could even be fasting from going out with your friends for these 40 days (shopping, watching movies or jamming). Just keep in mind that the main focus is really about spending time with our heavenly Father. Thank God for Joshua who reminded me that God is looking at our hearts and not what we do.
The same goes for prayer. We were asked to pray on 6 items for an hour each day as a way of spending time with God. Pastor said that there maybe times where you may not know what to pray, but he reminded us that God treasure every single second that you spend with Him. So should we pray? Yes definitely, but more than that we are really dedicating that time to God. I believe that God will be the one who would lead you in your prayers as you make the effort to draw close to Him.
Indeed God looks at our hearts and not what we do, we ought to follow the attitude of psalmist in psalm 63. That is to seek Him earnestly even in days that may not be our best because God’s love is better than life, it is the sanctuary that refreshes our soul. Pray and ask God to show you how to live, to teach you how to pray. I pray that we will find delight in spending time with the Lord today.
‘O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, to see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You.’ His love is better than life. I have seen His goodness in my life and indeed my mouth will praise Him.
I was reminded of the essence of this season of fasting and praying that we are doing. I was so caught up with the dos and don’ts of this fast that it has become a legalistic kind of thing. I have totally overlooked the true meaning behind this fasting. It’s not all about fasting and praying on the stipulated things that we were asked to fast but it’s really for us to focus on spending time with God and praying.
To spend time with God is to give up on things that distract you from spending time with God. It could be fasting from going on MSN if you spend most of your time on it everyday or it could even be fasting from going out with your friends for these 40 days (shopping, watching movies or jamming). Just keep in mind that the main focus is really about spending time with our heavenly Father. Thank God for Joshua who reminded me that God is looking at our hearts and not what we do.
The same goes for prayer. We were asked to pray on 6 items for an hour each day as a way of spending time with God. Pastor said that there maybe times where you may not know what to pray, but he reminded us that God treasure every single second that you spend with Him. So should we pray? Yes definitely, but more than that we are really dedicating that time to God. I believe that God will be the one who would lead you in your prayers as you make the effort to draw close to Him.
Indeed God looks at our hearts and not what we do, we ought to follow the attitude of psalmist in psalm 63. That is to seek Him earnestly even in days that may not be our best because God’s love is better than life, it is the sanctuary that refreshes our soul. Pray and ask God to show you how to live, to teach you how to pray. I pray that we will find delight in spending time with the Lord today.
Labels: Devotion, PSALM devotions
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