Good Morning Friends,
“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. … You have made known to me the path of life; you will
fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”
(Psalm 16:5-6; 11)
When a young child is sitting at the dinner
table, his mother fills his plate and his cup for him. She assigns him the portion of food that he
can handle and that he needs. It’s right
for him. She assigns him the kind of
drink that is best for him and apportions it out to him based on his need and
his ability to handle it.
David knew that the place that he was in life
was the place that God had assigned to him.
David didn’t always know that, but as he matured in his relationship
with the Lord he came to realize that he was where God wanted him. The place where God had assigned him was
right for him. God had given him an
assignment in life that he could handle and a place that would meet his
needs. Perhaps as a young man, like many
young men, David wanted more than he had been assigned by God. He thought he could handle more and probably
thought he needed more. But as he
matured, he came to realize that what God had assigned him was right for
him. “The boundary lines have fallen for
me in pleasant places.” God knew what He
was doing in assigning David a place of service in His world.
What was true for David is also true for you
and me. At times in life we may not like
the place that God has assigned us to serve Him. We may think we can handle more and may think
we need more. But the better we come to
know and understand God, the more we realize that the place God has assigned to
us is just what we can handle and just what we need.
And there’s more in today’s passage, too. Ahead, there lies even more for us. “A beautiful inheritance,” “joy in your
presence,” and “eternal pleasures at your right hand.” David had come to realize that what God had
assigned him on earth was good -- and what God had in store for him in eternity
was perfectly marvelous!
“A beautiful inheritance,” “joy in God’s
presence,” and “eternal pleasures at God’s right hand” -- they await us, too!
His, by Grace,
Steve
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