April 29

"Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance." (Psalm 16:5-6, NIV)

The Lord said to me to stop fretting, worrying and wondering. I have and will take care of you. I will expand your boundaries at the proper time and they will stay where I put them. Your life isn’t by chance, it is by my design. (Me talking) It is not like my actions have no effect, they do! But the Lord has assigned me my lot and it IS and WILL be pleasant for me.

One of my all time verses is in this Psalm (16). “In your presence is fullness of joy and at your right hand are pleasures evermore”. Wow --- that is where the joy is! When I want joy that is where I have to go – to His presence. How? I must praise, worship, adore and concentrate on Him, which means that I have to get away from distractions and give attention to Him.

One more thing – I love to be rewarded! I have even thought of becoming a bounty hunter to earn some extra money. Also, I would give my employees rewards for getting a lot of work done in a day – I love rewards!

"By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward." (Psalm 19:11, NIV)

Not only is there reward in doing what the Lord says to do, but GREAT reward! It seems to me then that I have to HEAR the voice of the Lord and OBEY Him to get the reward. I know about the keeping/obeying part, but it is the hearing part that most, including me, miss. We don’t take time to listen. Stop and listen – maybe you will hear your assigned portion and be greatly rewarded for going after it!
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