THURSDAY February 13th
Psalm 16:5
‘The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.’
Now as we come to this verse today, I am going to concentrate on the last four words, ‘you hold my lot’, but first remind us that it is only once we come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as our chosen portion, and our cup, that is as the one who delights and satisfies us, that we can have the confidence as we trust him to know that he has a plan for each one of us, and as we seek it and live it out, we are safe in his hands, as we seek out his good and acceptable will, he will perfect that which is in accord with his will for our lives.
‘You hold my lot’ reminds me of the words of a song,
My life is in You, Lord
My strength is in You, Lord
My hope is in You, Lord
In You, it’s in You.
My life is in You, Lord
My strength is in You, Lord
My hope is in You, Lord
In You, it’s in You.
Our lives as Christians are in the safest hands, and they are the hands of the one who was willing for nails to be hammered through them, so that we may come to know him in a personal way.
Going back to the words of the Psalms, we read in a few places some verses regarding our steps, and I want us to consider the steps that we take which should be in accordance with the will of God.
First, and we will turn to the others in the next devotion, we have from Psalm 40:2 a verse that reminds us that once we have been brought up out of the horrible pit, our steps have been made secure:
‘He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.’
Imagine walking in a miry bog, with the feeling of being sucked in and with no hope of deliverance—that is how it was outside of Christ, but he came and through his suffering at Calvary and his being raised from the dead, he reached out to us, and as we have come to believe on him, he has lifted us, pulled us up out of the miry bog, and he has set our feet on a solid rock, on a firm and secure foundation and made our feet secure.
Today, if you are one of those who keeps going back to dip your feet into the miry bog, stop and consider how insulting it is towards the One who suffered so much to deliver you.
Love lifted me!
Love lifted me!
When nothing (When no one) else could help,
Love lifted me.
Love lifted me!
Love lifted me!
When nothing (When no one) else could help,
Love lifted me.