Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, ‘You are my Lord;
Psalm 16:1-6
I have no good apart from you.’” vss. 1-2
There are times in life when it’s good to just take stock of who we are, and perhaps more importantly, whose we are. The psalmist is doing just that. There doesn’t seem to be any particular crisis and he’s not pleading with the Lord to do an intervention. In fact, he’s pretty satisfied with his situation and recognizes that he’s doing pretty well. Many of us know what that is like. We live in a country where we enjoy amazing freedoms and prosperity. Since we also love to complain we don’t always like to admit the blessings that are ours. But the truth is, we have it pretty good, especially when compared to the vast majority of people in the world. But people of faith will also recognize that God is the bedrock of our existence. Apart from God we are quite literally nothing, and everything in our lives that we cherish and love is of God. In God our future is secure; apart from God we have no future. Because God is our all in all, we could lose all we hold dear, and still have everything. That’s how amazing God is. Most days we don’t even think about things like this–it’s a blessing that we’ve come to take for granted–and that’s a good thing. Praise God!
Thought for the Day: From one to ten, how good is my life today?
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