Daily Butter: Not It

Not It

 

My little addition to Our Daily Bead (6/29/13)

For You have made me rejoice, Lord,
by what You have done;
I will shout for joy
because of the works of Your hands.
(Psalm 92:4  HCSB)

I struggled to grasp for a profound insight or timely reminder to draw from this Psalm. I kept rereading it and listening to it in different translations in different voices and still nothing. Stepping back and feeling entirely like the "fool [who] does not understand this" (v6) I finally heard it after about the dozenth time: it's not about me. Joy is from Him. Joy is because of what He has done. So long as my focus is stuck on myself and my surroundings, joy will always be elusive.

 

Lord, help me to remember that You are the source of my joy. Help me remember to fix my eyes on You and not be drawn in by my surroundings.

 

in His Service

Andy Jentes