40 Days Praying the PSALMS
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40 Days Praying the PSALMS
Day 39 | BEING WITH GOD
40 Days Praying the PSALMS
Day 39 | BEING WITH GOD
BEING WITH GOD
Psalm 73: 23-28
“Nevertheless, I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry. But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your works.” (NKJV)
It's incredible how relevant and authentic the Scriptures are to us. This Psalm, written by Asaph in about 710 BC, seems as relevant as if it were written TODAY.
Here Asaph is singing (it was a Psalm) about God being his strength, holding his right hand, being his counsel, his source of glory, and more.
Asaph also declared that God was with him and that he, Asaph, was with God. This strikes me as a significant statement. Because we KNOW – intellectually anyway – that God is with us since He is everywhere present (omnipresent). But Asaph was with God!
What that might mean for us today is that we CHOOSE to be with God. We decide to receive Him as Savior and Lord – but then we spend time in the Word of God so that God may teach us how to live with God and for God.
For instance, if you're the type of person who only prays and talks (and listens) to God during times of trouble, then you are NOT walking with Him. Asaph wrote this Psalm because He knew God and was WITH God.
Prayer: LORD, I want to draw closer to You. Help me every day to spend quality time with You. Amen.
Psalm 73: 23-28
“Nevertheless, I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry. But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all Your works.” (NKJV)
It's incredible how relevant and authentic the Scriptures are to us. This Psalm, written by Asaph in about 710 BC, seems as relevant as if it were written TODAY.
Here Asaph is singing (it was a Psalm) about God being his strength, holding his right hand, being his counsel, his source of glory, and more.
Asaph also declared that God was with him and that he, Asaph, was with God. This strikes me as a significant statement. Because we KNOW – intellectually anyway – that God is with us since He is everywhere present (omnipresent). But Asaph was with God!
What that might mean for us today is that we CHOOSE to be with God. We decide to receive Him as Savior and Lord – but then we spend time in the Word of God so that God may teach us how to live with God and for God.
For instance, if you're the type of person who only prays and talks (and listens) to God during times of trouble, then you are NOT walking with Him. Asaph wrote this Psalm because He knew God and was WITH God.
Prayer: LORD, I want to draw closer to You. Help me every day to spend quality time with You. Amen.
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