Friday, December 22, 2017 Devotion
“Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips will praise You. So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.” (Psalm 63:3-4)
Do you live for yourself or have you learned that your life belongs to the Lord? Yes, you want to live, but true life is only in the Lord and His promise that you will live forever. Though you die, yet shall you live. To bless the Lord is to live in Him. Otherwise, it is contention. Bless the Lord and be blessed by living in His lovingkindness, knowing that in Him is life and liberty.
Lord, I struggle for meaning in life, but here it is right before me. Living in You is life. Yet I continue the struggle. Help me I pray to overcome the obstacles in my life that get in the way of the simplicity of love and faith to which You have called me. Guide me in Your purpose that I may abide in You now and always. Lead me to be a blessing to others as You are to me.
Lord Jesus, You who has removed all the obstacles that get in the way of our eternal relationship, lead me ever deeper into the truth You have revealed for us all. Guide me according to Your purpose that I may live in Your will now and forever. Help me learn to do what is pleasing to the Father that I may truly be a blessing. Teach me to listen, learn and do what is right always. Amen.
