Psalm 132:1-5 - O LORD, remember David and all the hardships
he endured. He swore an
oath to the LORD and made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob: "I will not enter my house
or go to my bed-- I will allow no sleep
to my eyes, no slumber to my eyelids, till I find a place for the
LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
This anonymous writer recounts the promise David made to God
because his heart couldn’t stand living in a grand palace…when God’s Ark stood
in a lowly tent. The material wealth around him did not comfort him…he was restless. He wanted God to live in a grand temple….one
that would give honor and majesty to the God he loved and worshiped.
We should all be so restless …when it comes to working for
God. The material world around us should
give us no comfort at all…because we know there are millions of people out
there that do not know about God’s great plan of salvation. Our lives should be centered around finding
the one job brought us to this earth to do.
I admit…I am guilty of caring more about my plight in the
present than I do about what God may have planned for me to do in the
future. I sure don’t lose sleep…my
bedtime is 9pm firm. I guess I needed a
reminder that the selfishness that ruled my life for so long still has a bit of
control over my heart. I know also that only God can remove the reminder of control
that the world has on me….and create in me restlessness for what he really put
me here to do.
Father…thank you for the reminder that I still need you to
help me remove the remnants of the selfish nature that keeps me more focused on
the world than on you. Forgive me this
morning for sleeping too much…and not spending enough time with you in prayer
and study. Create in me a new passion this
day to spend more time searching for the plan you have for me…so I can do the
work you put me here to do. Amen.
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