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Evening, May 13 | “The Lord is my portion.” —Psalm 119:57 (NASB)

This Morning's Scripture Reading: Psalm 119:57-64 (NASB)

The Lord is my portion;
I have promised to keep Your words.
I sought Your favor with all my heart;
Be gracious to me according to Your word.
I considered my ways
And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
I hastened and did not delay
To keep Your commandments.
The cords of the wicked have encircled me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.
At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You
Because of Your righteous ordinances.
I am a companion of all those who fear You,
And of those who keep Your precepts.
The earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O Lord;
Teach me Your statutes.

Devotional Video Transcript:

Look at your possessions, O believer, and compare your portion with the lot of your 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 your God, who is the God of harvests? What are bursting granaries compared with him, who is the Husbandman, and feeds you 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 your God? You could not live on it; your spiritual life could not be sustained by it. Put it on a troubled conscience, and could it allay its pangs? Apply it to a sad heart, and see if it could stay a solitary groan, or minimize even one grief.

But you have God, and in him, you have more than gold or riches ever could buy. Some have their portion in that which most men love — applause and fame; but ask yourself, is not your God more to you than that? What if myriad clarions should be loud in your applause, would this prepare you to pass the Jordan, or cheer you in the prospect of judgment? No, there are griefs in life that wealth cannot alleviate; and there is the deep need of a dying hour, for which no riches can provide.

But when you have God for your portion, you have more than all else put together! In him, every want is met, whether in life or in death. With God for your portion, you are rich indeed, for he will supply your need, comfort your heart, assuage your grief, guide your steps, be with you in the dark valley, and then take you home, to enjoy him as your portion forever.

“I have enough,” said Esau; this is the best thing a worldly man can say, but Jacob replies in essence, “I have all things,” which is a note too high for carnal minds. (Genesis 33)

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