Tuesday... What do you want, really want?

I know it is so easy to look around and see so many things to want.

Psalm 73:1-5 (MSG) says, "No doubt about it! God is good - good to good people, good to the good hearted. But I nearly missed it, missed seeing his goodness. I was looking the other way, looking up to people at the top, envying who have it made. who have nothing to worry about, not a care in the whole world." That is so easy to do, isn't it?

But there is a problem in dwelling here. In verses 21-24, the Psalmist writes, "When I was beleaguered with envy" that's one of the problems of looking the other way. He goes on, "I was totally ignorant, a dumb fox in your presence. I'm still in your presence, but you've taken my hand. You wisely and tenderly lead me, and then you bless me." Yes we can get off track with our wants but He is still there, He is still with us.

And here it is, verses 25-28, "You're all I want in heaven, You're all I want on earth! When my skin sags and my bones get brittle" I'm getting close to that time. "God is rock-firm and faithful. Look, those who left you are falling apart! Deserters, they'll never be heard again. But I'm in the very presence of God - oh, how refreshing it is! I've made Lord God my home. God I'm telling the world what you do!"

Now that is what I want and that is what I want to do. Wanting God and wanting to tell the world what He does, makes life so worth living. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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