Psalm 16
Panic. Sheer panic is the emotion flooding through me when I think about my schedule this week.
"Preserve me O God, for in you I take refuge." This prayer speaks so powerfully to me right now. If I took refuge in my success, or the volume of my work output, or even mere competency- I would be left without refuge. I have nothing, and am nothing. And that's OK. Because I am loved.
I have no good apart from God...but I have God. What a powerful, encouraging truth! When I run after my idols, I will fail. I will neither attain them, nor will they satisfy. My sorrows multiply and the panic sets in.
But when I run after God, I shall not want. He restores my soul. I am led and cared for and loved. He has chosen my cup, and it overflows. I feast, and am satisfied. I will not be shaken because I stand on Christ, the solid rock. My heart is glad because He is the joy of my salvation.
"Preserve me O God, for in you I take refuge." This prayer speaks so powerfully to me right now. If I took refuge in my success, or the volume of my work output, or even mere competency- I would be left without refuge. I have nothing, and am nothing. And that's OK. Because I am loved.
I have no good apart from God...but I have God. What a powerful, encouraging truth! When I run after my idols, I will fail. I will neither attain them, nor will they satisfy. My sorrows multiply and the panic sets in.
But when I run after God, I shall not want. He restores my soul. I am led and cared for and loved. He has chosen my cup, and it overflows. I feast, and am satisfied. I will not be shaken because I stand on Christ, the solid rock. My heart is glad because He is the joy of my salvation.
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