"Thou art my portion, O Lord." - Psalm 119:57
Look at thy possessions, O believer, and compare thy portion with the lot of thy
fellowmen. Some of them have their portion in the field; they are rich, and
their harvests yield them a golden increase; but what are harvests compared with
thy God, who is the God of harvests? What are bursting granaries compared with
him, who is the Husbandman, and feeds thee with the bread of heaven? Some have
their portion in the city; their wealth is abundant, and flows to them in
constant streams, until they become a very reservoir of gold; but what is gold
compared with thy God? Thou couldst not live on it; thy spiritual life could not
be sustained by it. Put it on a troubled conscience, and could it allay its
pangs? Apply it to a desponding heart, and see if it could stay a solitary
groan, or give one grief the less? But thou hast God, and in him thou hast more
than gold or riches ever could buy. Some have their portion in that which most
men love-applause and fame; but ask thyself, is not thy God more to thee than
that? What if a myriad clarions should be loud in thine applause, would this
prepare thee to pass the Jordan, or cheer thee in prospect of judgment? No,
there are griefs in life which wealth cannot alleviate; and there is the deep
need of a dying hour, for which no riches can provide. But when thou hast God
for thy portion, thou hast more than all else put together. In him every want is
met, whether in life or in death. With God for thy portion thou art rich indeed,
for he will supply thy need, comfort thy heart, assuage thy grief, guide thy
steps, be with thee in the dark valley, and then take thee home, to enjoy him as
thy portion for ever. "I have enough," said Esau; this is the best thing a
worldly man can say, but Jacob replies, "I have all things," which is a note too
high for carnal minds.
See Also:
Daily Devotional: Today With Jesus
Daily Devotional: My Utmost for His Highest
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