Psa 16 HQ

Psg: Psa 16 (link)
Date: 5/16/12

Read

Psalm 16:1-11 NASB

Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You. I said to the LORD , "You are my Lord;
I have no good besides You." As for the saints who are in the earth,
They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight. The sorrows of those who have bartered for another  god  will be multiplied;
I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood,
Nor will I take their names upon my lips. The LORD  is the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You support my lot. The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. I will bless the LORD  who has counseled me;
Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. I have set the LORD  continually before me;
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices;
My flesh also will dwell securely. For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol;
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay. You will make known to me the path of life;
In Your presence is fullness of joy;
In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.

Record

I have no good besides you.
NET fn: My good is not beyond you.

Reflect

• I don't need to look beyond, beside, around, away from, or any other direction relative to God. My good is found only exactly there ... in him.
• We spend a lot of our lives looking elsewhere. It never works. Believing the lie that it will work is how Satan is effective.
• We can be happy, we can be content, we can be settled looking elsewhere, but we cannot find our good anywhere else.
• Will I settle for placated, or will I insist on good?

Respond

• My good is found only in you. Thank you for disallowing my good to be found anywhere else. You have sufficiently provided for me to find my good in you - you have withheld nothing I need to seek it out and enjoy it. I have only to insist on it, persist in pursuing it, and refuse everything less.