January 29
I have been reading a book as part of a launch team prior to its release. I am only in chapter 3, but today’s reading quoted one of my favorite thoughts out of Exodus 33, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.” [v15 NIV]
To paraphrase Moses, “God, if you’re not going, I’m not going.”
Later in the morning I was reading in the psalms and focused on Psalm 27:4: “One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.” [NIV]
“One thing.” David wants one thing from the LORD … one thing. He wants that one thing that Moses also wanted, to remain in the presence of the Lord all His life. That made me ask myself, is this the one thing I truly want from God? Or is my life consumed with wanting many things?
I think my focus is too often diverted to many things. At times I feel like the dog that has its attention set on its master until it sees the squirrel cross its path and it’s off and running, only to return to the master a bit bedraggled after much calling and coaxing.
Father, one thing I ask of You this morning … to remain in Your presence all the days of my life. May I forever gaze upon the beauty of my LORD Jesus. Amen
