Much ado about to do lists

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