God is My Portion
Psalm
73:26 says, “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my
heart and my portion forever.”
The
Palmist reminds us that our bodies will fail. James 4:14 reminds us that our
life is like a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Life is
finite & if we focus our lives on earthly temporary things we will miss the
eternal things that God wants for us & that He wants to do through us.
The
older I get, the more I think about what I am leaving behind through my life. In
the song Only Jesus the chorus says:
And
I, I don’t want to leave a legacy
I
don’t care if they remember me
Only
Jesus
And
I, I’ve got one life to live
I’ll
let every second point to Him
Only
Jesus
That
is what I want to leave behind with my life - only Jesus, because that is the
only thing that will really last.
Raise
the Roof & Remove the Walls is about living life with & for Jesus &
leaving Jesus as our only legacy.
The
Palmist also says that his heart will fail. We will face many disappointments
& our hearts will be broken. In John 14:1 Jesus says, “Let not your hearts
be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in Me.” Jesus knew that living in a
fallen, sin dominated world would cause us to face discouragement & want to
give up. But Jesus gives us an alternative to discouragement & hopelessness:
faith in Him.
Raise
the Roof & Remove the Walls is about, during difficult times that make us
want to give up, turning to Jesus & making Him our hope.
Then
the Palmist says, “But God.” That little two-word phrase changes everything.
The
Palmist has God as the strength of his heart. When we face difficult
circumstances, God is there to be our strength because we in ourselves have no
strength.
In
the song Waymaker, one portion of the song says:
Even
when I don’t see it, You’re working
Even
when I don’t feel it, You’re working
You
never stop, You never stop working
You
never stop, You never stop working
God
is our strength even if we don’t see or feel Him working. He is working all the
time.
Raise
the Roof & Remove the Walls is about trusting God to work even if we can’t
see it or feel it.
God
is also our portion forever. God is our share. This world is not our home &
thus nothing in this world is our share. Jesus & His kingdom are our share
& it is an eternal share. When we die, we take nothing with us out of this
world. But if we have surrendered our lives to Jesus, we will go to be
immediately with Him, He is all we need.
Raise
the Roof & Remove the Walls is about having Jesus as our portion &
leaving the things of this world behind.
Psalm
90:12 says, “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.”
Our lives are finite & we will face many difficult times, but we number our
days. We recognize that life is short & at times difficult. When we place
our lives in Jesus we will have a life full of godly wisdom & we will spend
eternity with the One who is our Savior & Lord.
Raise the Roof &
Remove the Walls,
Joe
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