Title: There Are Some Things That Only God is Able to Provide
Text:
Psalm 16:8 (HCSB)
8 I keep the LORD in mind always. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Observation:
The Psalmist was able to have great delight in the Lord; he also had a sense of great stability because of the Lord's presence and power in his life.
This feeling comes from drawing near to God, and acknowledging that He needed the constant presence of the Lord in his life. There is no substitute for spending time in the presence of the Lord. You never have to fear getting too close to the Lord. Conversely, there is great danger when we stray too far from Him.
Psalm 16:1-2 (HCSB)
1 Protect me, God, for I take refuge in You.
2 I said to Yahweh, "You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides You."
When we take refuge in the Lord; He gives us His presence, power and protection. O, how I need more of the Lord in me.
Prayer:
Our Father in heaven, my dear Father, I praise and thank You for Your presence and provisions that You give me every day. Father, I thank You for the rock on which I stand, and the shelter that I can run to when the strong winds of adversity blow in my life.
Father God, I find in Your presence serenity and stability that I cannot find in anything the world has to offer. Lord, draw me closer and nearer to You so that I might be more and more like You purposed me to be. Lord, I need more of You, and less of me. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
O Lord, this whole world
Seems to weigh me down.
All the cares, the strife the sin,
Within me and all around.
But, Lord, I want to set my heart,
And, Lord, I want to stay with You.
'Cause only when You're near to me
Is everything okay.
Source: http://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn.php/ns/302#ixzz2hsemBsKR
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Proverbs 30:5 (ESV)
5 Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
Psalm 119:11 (ESV)
11 I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
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