Thursday, October 22, 2009

My Portion

"The LORD is my portion;
I promise to keep your words."
--Psalm 119:57

"The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance."
--Psalm 16:5-6

The most fundamental truth about my circumstances is not my material goods, my marital status, my children, career, church situation, friendships, trials or successes. The most fundamental truth about my circumstances is "the LORD."

I live in Tennessee. / My citizenship is in heaven.
I have a husband. / The LORD is my betrothed, and He is preparing me for the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
I am a mother. / The LORD is my Father.
I stay at home. / The LORD is with me.

When I think of "my circumstances," I shouldn't think primarily of the external, visible truths about my life. I should look to invisible, spectacular realities: The Great I AM.

Wherever I am, I am in Christ. Whatever I am doing can be for His glory. Whatever I have is a gift from His hand--and pales in comparison with the gift of Himself. Whatever I lack, He has graciously withheld because it is not what I need. I need Him--and He is.

I can be content with the arrangements of my life not because I am delighted with the particulars themselves, but because I am His and He is mine. Whatever my circumstances, the LORD is my portion--and that means the lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

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