Lord, You Alone Are My Portion

And My Cup

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 10:1-11

When people know they will soon depart earth for heaven, things begin to click into place. We and they realized there is no treasure more valuable than a personal relationship with god. With the Lord as our refuge, the grave we will be buried in does not rob believers of life.

Because of Jesus’ own death and resurrection, we too will rise one day. And we will find “eternal pleasures at your right hand.”

God is our treasure now, and being with Him in heaven will bring pleasures forever.

Our Daily Bread – February 27, 2013