The Bible draws a picture of the Lord as our portion. It’s an interesting thought: God is completely and totally all you need.
So many times in my life, God is not my portion, He plays a part of what I need, mixed in with everything else.
What would it look like if God was our portion? If everything we needed came from Him? Could it be we would go through a week without the empty longings for things in the world? Could it be we would feel freedom like never before from the things that hold us back? Could it be the guilt we carry from our past no longer crushes our spirit?
The problem we have when God is not our portion is that He cannot shape and bless our lives to the fullest because we have pushed Him out of so many places.
Living with God as our portion is all about pushing everything out we have come dependent on for our life, outside of God, to make room for our dependance on Him. It is finding the things we are dependent on and asking God to refocus our dependance on Him. It is finding the areas we are captive to and praying our hearts out for redemption. Living with God as our portion is about taking our focus off the small time we live here on earth and moving it to the greatness of God and the story of His kingdom.
For more see Psalm 119:57 and Psalm 142:5.
I’ve really been struggling with contentment lately. When I logged on to Youversion tonight, a link that you left was the first thing I saw.
Psalm 119:57 really spoke to me. Thanks for sharing.
Ronnie - thanks for the comment. When I pray about echoes, One of the things I pray is that God would use it to encourage His people.