PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Psalm 61
What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage?
“I long to dwell in your tent forever!” (Psalm 61:4)
What would it be like to always feel God’s presence?
It depends in large part on what we’re doing/.
For example, being close to a police officer can be good or bad.
Good if you’re facing trouble and need help.
Not good if you’re making trouble, and don’t want to get caught.
Do we want to be close to God when we’re gossiping or lying?
Do we want to feel God with us when we’re giving in to temptation?
David is in trouble, and desperately wishes that he was always with God.
If we were with God always, maybe we could resist sin better.
We were made to live in and enjoy God’s presence always.
It is our sin that leads us to try to hide, like Adam and Eve.
Jesus is God with us, coming to us in our sin to help us.
He offers to be with us always, through the Spirit, until His return.
Do I long to be in His presence forever, or do I prefer to hide?
PRAYER
Lord, the reality is, there is no place to hide. Thank You for looking for me, coming to me, and staying with me, whether I feel it or like it… or not.
“My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus love and righteousness” – He is my rock – my future. I live and serve knowing that it’s not in vain – but that Jesus has a place for me. Help me to be more faithful each day, Lord – that I may not only desire but also do as your spirit leads and nudges me! Grab me when I stray, I pray!
Upon the Rock I stand. He is the wind beneath my wings for it is in His power I live each day and every day is the Lord’s day. Today He is first as in every day and I am able to serve Him guarded and guide by His Spirit living in me. May others see You in me this day as I live for Jesus.
Living for Jesus a life that is true,
Striving to please Him in all that I do;
Yielding allegiance, glad-hearted and free,
This is the pathway of blessing for me.
O Jesus, Lord and Savior,
I give myself to Thee,
For Thou, in Thy [redemption],*
Didst give Thyself for me;
I own no other Master,
My heart shall be Thy throne,
My life I give, henceforth to live,
O Christ, for Thee alone.