12-28-22   THOUGHTS

We need to be better in the business of  “ONE THING”!  See verse 4.  Verse 8 is so simple!  It is a fail-safe formula:   “When You said...  My heart said...  “I shall”!   “Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in a level path”.   We must spend our lives and energies WAITING  ON GOD!  “I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.”   This is a statement of HOPE!   In this psalm, David seems confident that he knows the source of all good, and how to obtain that good!  We know the same don’t we?

Ps 27:1-14    The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?  2  When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.  3  Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident.  4  One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple.  5  For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.  6  And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD.  7  Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me. 8  When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, I shall seek."  9  Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation! 10  For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the LORD will take me up. 11  Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in a level path  Because of my foes. 12  Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence.  13  I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living.  14  Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD.

My Prayer:
O Lord, may we be found waiting on you always.  You are our help, and the source of all blessing in our lives.  You are to be praised in all of our doings, O God of our salvation.  May we seek your face with every breath of life.  Make it our joy to abide in your presence, O Lord.  May our lips sing your praise and tell the story of Jesus to our world.    In the name of our Savior we pray,      Amen.