April 29, 2011

  • Focus

    I am memorizing Psalm 16:8 and having a hard time with it because it says, "I keep my eyes always on the Lord..."  In reality, I know this isn't true in my life.  If the psalmist David had written, "I will" or "I want to", that would be truthful for me, but this is a declaration that he already does!  This is my desire, because I know that "With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken."

    How do you move from desire -- and knowing it's your prayer -- to making it a reality?  Perhaps declaring it over and over will drive that stake into the ground. 

    Every time I look at the verse, my heart lunges forward.  I want to go from here to there -- everything in me surges forward.  But I know I need his help to get there.