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| Checking one off my bucket list: riding an air boat |
"Alexa, please add canned dog food to the shopping list." I love my electronic list! I speak it to the magic machine and it appears in the app on my phone (and my husband's phone). So I'm never at the grocery store when my shopping list is elsewhere. I'm just like most of the population: I may not have anything else but most certainly my phone is on my person.
As a read Psalm 4 I made several lists.
1. Firm Statements
about God
God sees me as perfect. (
Now that's a wow! I know my failings
very well. I'm perfect only because God paid a
very expensive price- He sent Jesus for my
imperfection, and yours.)
God has chosen me. (Can you imagine? The Creator of the Universe sees something of
value in me, and you.)
God will listen.
God will keep me safe.
2. What the world
offers
Silly Idols with false claims (What I hear the world say is "You can do it. But I know I can't. I can
make a list of my failures when I've tried the world's tricks and false treasures. The results were hollow and meaningless.)
Mockery of God (The
world tells us "God will never help us.")
3. Therefore, my to
do list
Stand before God in AWE
Don't sin
Trust Him
Offer pleasing sacrifices
Prove the world wrong
4. The Results
Safety
Peace, including a good night's sleep
Gladness
Hmmmmmmmm.... Every day I am presented with the choice
between list one and list two. List 4
tells me the benefits. Why would I
choose anything else? Because left to my
own advice, I forget List 3. The action
list is too easy to ignore. I want
benefit and accomplishment but rarely am I enthusiastic about following the
steps.
I probably should put list 3 on m bathroom mirror to remind
me what to do every day. I also need to
remember that when it seems hard to live out List 3, God is ready to assist
me. He has chosen me, given me the
ability to accomplish and will assist me if I just ask Him.
God has done the same for you.
Here's my new list:
Reject List 2 today,
Believe
List 1 today,
Work
List 3 today and
Live
in the world of List 4
