And
So, Lord,
Where
Do I Put My Hope?
My
Only Hope Is In You.
Scripture
Psalm
39
4 “Lord,
remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered—
how fleeting my life is.
Remind me that my days are numbered—
how fleeting my life is.
5 You have
made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.”
My entire lifetime is just a moment to you;
at best, each of us is but a breath.”
6 We are
merely moving shadows,
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
Observation
Early
this morning I started to pass out. I was at our kitchen table
reading this passage and spending time with the Lord when suddenly I
started to pass out.
The
only thing that I could think of doing was to cry out to the Lord and
ask Him not to let me pass out. I am okay. I did not pass out!
I
have to admit that it is scary for me when something like this
happens because I don't know if it is my heart messing up and I am
about to go unconscious and get shocked by my defibrillator.
I
live with the fact that my heart can at any time go into a dangerous
super fast arrhythmia and drop me unconscious. Without my
defibrillator shocking my heart back into rhythm I would be dead
within a couple of minutes. So far it has shocked me back to life 4
times! And I know that there is no guarantee that it is going to
work.
I
shared all of that, way too much information I know, to make this
point, “life is short”. It can be over in a moment!
So
Psalm 39 is very timely for me this morning!
Application
And
so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
My only hope is in you.
My only hope is in you.
How
about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for taking such good care of me. I know that You
are constantly watching over me and my family. I put my hope in You
and in You alone.
Daily
Bible Reading: Lamentations 1,2; Obadiah; Revelation 14: I added:
Psalm 39, Psalm 139; Proverbs 9
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