A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 78

A Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 78
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow

He also chose David His servant, And took him from the sheepfolds;
From following the ewes that had young He brought him, To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance. So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them by the skillfulness of his hands (Psalm 78:70-72).
 
Psalm 78 takes us on a sad journey. It reminds of the failures of the human heart in contrast to the faithfulness of God’s heart. God had a plan, a purpose, a path, and a place for His people, but they rebelled, resisted, and refused to readily follow Him and possess their God appointed place.
 
There is a place for you, a God given place. He wants you to be in that place, function in that place, and delight in that place. In fact, in the Lord, you wouldn’t want to be in any other place. It’s a place where you don’t need to strive, but a place where you will thrive.
 
Keep this prayer close to your heart as you follow your Shepherd…
 
Lord, you are my dwelling place, my safe place, my balanced place. Continue to teach and instruct me to know Your place in every choice I make, and in every action I take.

Raise Up a Barrier to hinder me if I am pursuing a place You have not chosen for me;
Bring Your Wisdom to me if I am not understanding something about Your will that needs clarity;
Dry Up Any Stream I am drinking from that is not being fed by Your river. Slow me down if I am going after something that is premature in Your plan for me;
Turn Me from Any Confidence I am placing in anyone or anything that is taking my eyes off of You;
Keep My Heart from Coveting the place You have to others, and guard heart from envying the ways You are using others. Help me to set my expectations upon You, and not upon the way I think things should be or want them to be;
Settle Me and Help Me take my place—not to run from it, hide from it, fear it, or dread it; not to strive in it, or be anxious about it. Help me daily to know the contentment and the joy of serving You in my God-Given place!
 
Insight: Sheep don’t get “all worked up” over where the shepherd is leading them.

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