Keep Me
Safe, My God
Keep me
safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.
I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no
good thing.” I say of the holy
people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom
is all my delight.” Those who run
after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their
names on my lips.
Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in
pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I
will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even
at night my heart instructs me. I
keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the
dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. You
make known to me the path of life; you
will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Psalm 16: 1-11
Without
God there is no good thing going on in our lives. We all know that God is good.
But when was the last time you embraced Him as the ultimate good in your life?
Sometimes
we let other things in our lives eclipse the good that God does in our lives,
day in and day out. Just remember, the fleeting nature of lesser goods will
ultimately disappoint us. Only God is truly great. And there is plenty of him
for all we need.
God alone is good. Don’t settle for second best.
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