“Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge”. Like
the psalmist, we make the Lord our sole refuge and our protection. We entrust
our life and our care and our provision to the Lord. He is worthy of our trust
and we place it all in Him as He is the source of our life. He is our Lord and
we have no good apart from Him. To part from Him is to misplace our trust and
to run after other gods. Those who do so will multiply their sorrows. Our Lord
tells us to consider the sparrow who neither sows nor reaps yet our heavenly
Father feeds them. “Are you not of more value than they?”
We see with the psalmist that the Lord who holds our
life has indeed blessed our life and in gratitude we praise the Lord. As we
praise the Lord for His goodness toward us we practice the presence of the Lord
who counsels us and instructs us on the pathways of life. Because we practice
His presence and know that the Lord is at our right hand we are confident in
life and are not shaken even in the face of death. Our entire being is infused
with the joyous assurance that our Lord will never leave us in this life nor
abandon us to Sheol in our death.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is our assurance. Our
Lord makes known to us the pathways of life and in His presence there is
fullness of joy as we sing to Him our praises in gratitude. His presence is
with us and He provides His pleasures to us not only in this life but He has
saved us from our sins and He has bestowed upon us the gift of eternal life
where we will enjoy His presence forever.
Prayer:
O Lord in you today we take refuge. We place all our trust in you for the
comings and goings of this day knowing that you hold all things. Thank you for
how you have blessed us and have given us our portion. We seek your presence
today and trust that you are with us guiding us onto your pathways of life. All
praise glory and honor to you now and forever. Amen
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