PSALM 16
Verses 1-4:
“Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I said to the LORD, ‘You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.’
As for the saints who are in the land,
they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.
The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips.”
We love our safe little
apartment, so thankful for God’s
good provision. We have been praying
for our neighbors, some of whom run after other gods, in
sorrow. We’re trying to bridge
relationally, but boundary
lines have been in place.
Not too much interaction, not much name exchange, until
yesterday.
Ps 16:5-6
“LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup;
you have made my lot secure.
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.”
I was working on our computer
when I heard a significant
noise followed by a power outage. Everything
shut down. A
telephone pole, rotted out at the bottom, fell randomly, perpendicular
to the
street, blocking traffic for hours. It
was amazing that nobody was hurt. In
the midst of fallen power lines, however, we experienced some pleasant
fellowship with many of the neighbors in our apartment complex. Some of them even brought out lawn
chairs
and barbecue grills to hang out and watch the repair crews, who worked
all
night. Somehow, God blessed us
with
sleep even with the distracting voices and modern machinery.
Psalm 16:7
I will praise the LORD, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
Out of power, blockage of
traffic, extra work, dangerous
situation because of a telephone pole that had rotted around it’s
foundation. I thanked God that he
has made our lot and
foundation secure. I pray His
help to avoid those things that could
bring rot from
the inside out, leading to a shaky stand, not able to hold any power,
falling
dangerously. I pray for further
interaction with neighbors who need the power of Christ in their lives,
that
the remaining boundary lines will fall in pleasant places.
Psalm 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
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