God's Portion

Psalm 119:57-64
You are my portion, O LORD; I have promised to obey your words. I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes. I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands. Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law. At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws. I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts. The earth is filled with your love, O LORD; teach me your decrees.

Yes, Lord, come today and be my portion. As I struggle just to make it through the day with my sanity, I need all that You have to offer. Having a kid sick with the flu, a husband away hunting, and a sweet little girl that needs more time and attention than I have to offer, I need Your portion – no other portion will do! Come, and “be gracious to me according to Your promise.”

Couldn’t we all use some of God’s grace? Oh, that He would come and fill us, as He is our portion. We can obey His words. We can seek His face with all our hearts. We must consider our ways and turn to His statutes, not following our own way, our own paths, our own desires. We must hasten and not delay to obey His commands, not forgetting His law. We can give Him thanks. We must fear Him, and be friends of those who fear Him. But in the end, we must remember, it is God who is our portion. It is He who reaches down and offers us His grace according to His promise. Not according to our works, but according to His promise. If He has promised it, we can count on it! And grace is one thing He has promised to all who ask.

Do you need some grace today? Go to the throne, and just ask. Let Him pour out all He has to offer, and then-some, on you as you seek His glorious, beautiful face.