Too Good

I don’t think I could list all the times the Lord has answered my prayers. I could not mention all the ways He has been good to me. He hears my prayers and answers them. I seek Him and I find Him. In the hard times, He guides and comforts me. In the good times, He gives me joy and strength. He is an ever present help in my time of trouble, and He is the lifter of my head. Sometimes, He can be so good to me that I can begin to rely on all He has already shown me and start to just try to walk in what I already know by myself.

Psalm 82:5a

[The magistrates and judges] know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]

Wow, the Bible describes walking in darkness as complacent satisfaction. It is good to be satisfied with the goodness of the Lord, but if we become complacent because of that satisfaction then we have lost the desire to seek Him anew. I never want to take good enough as an excuse to not make God the number one priority in my life. I am arrogant to think that on any day of my life I can get it right without His direction and provision.

Zechariah 4:6

So he answered me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by strength or by might, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of Hosts.

It is not by my strength that I am able to live for the Lord or have His will accomplished in my life. It is not by my might. It is the Spirit of God alive and active in my life. I don’t have all the answers, and I need the Lord more than anything else. I need to seek the Lord and listen to what He wants to say to me each day.

A few weeks ago I began to cry and my heart felt like it was missing someone deeply loved that I longed to be with. I didn’t know how to put it into words but it was like my heart was homesick for the Lord. I expressed how much I loved Him and desired to be with Him. About a week later I found this verse and I about jumped out of my seat! Thousands of years ago it described exactly what I had felt a week before. Yes, being with the Lord has that effect!!

Psalm 84:2

My soul yearns, yes, even pines and is homesick for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out and sing for joy to the living God.

May I never be complacent to the awesomeness of the Lord. May I never take Him or His presence in my life for granted. I pray I never sit in the darkness of complacency but continue to daily seek the light of Lord.

Father God, I am so sorry for when I act complacent and lazy in my relationship with You. I’m sorry for times that I act like I have it all together and don’t take the time to be with You. I need You. My heart longs for You. I pray that I have the fullness of Your Spirit in my life. Every day that I am breathing is a day that I need the breath of Your Spirit over me.

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