Posts Tagged 'Psalms'

my portion

Published June 30, 2008 Life , Worship 2 Comments
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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.

lessons in character and community

Published May 20, 2008 Community , Scripture 0 Comments
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Last week I spent some time flipping through the first half of the Psalms. I was looking for major themes, similarities that jumped out, stuff I miss when I’m reading one at a time. Here are three major thoughts from Psalms 1-75:

  • There is an inseparable link between God’s character and His blessing. God is totally authentic. Every interaction He has with us in an overflow of part of His character.
  • David cried out a lot - but he wasn’t needy. In Psalm 73:26 David says, My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart; and my portion forever. I’ve always loved the power of the thought of God as our portion - all we need. Everything. No seconds, extras or fillers. God is it. For David, God was his portion and when he cried out to Him, every need was met
  • Many Psalms begin in lament and rise to trust. David would cry out to God and through his time with God, David would be built up in trust for His Father and end His prayer with his life submitted faithfully before God.

One thing is for sure, David’s relationship with God was unlike anything else. It was a blessing David never knew to ask for, yet certainly did not take for granted. He was totally dependent on God, yet he wasn’t outside community on earth. His God was his portion and his community was support to that relationship, not substitute for it.

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