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Right Relationship

“I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.
I will be fully satisfied…” Psalm 63:2-5a

When we enter into a relationship with Our Heavenly Father we share life with Him. At the heart of this shared life is the continued communication between “parent” and child. We express joy in times of abundance and pleasure but also with equal intensity during times of hardship and loss. We give thanks when we are happy and blessed, complain when we feel let down, supplicating when we are in need, delighting in goodness and raging at injustice. We cry out when we feel abandoned. Our human dysfunction often causes tension with our Father and His Lordship. The Book of Psalms tenders to us ample expression of the complexities inherent in any relationship. They are an example of what authentic relationship with the Father looks like. They balance our great needs with the heart of our great King. Inherent throughout is the recognition that God is able and willing to act for the continued restoration of those who turn to Him. It is this great love relationship wherein we glorify and enjoy our Lord that is the ultimate goal of human existence. In right relationship, with a constant flow of communication it is a relationship to be enjoyed and cherished.

Prayer Focus: Father, I come before You today to submit my whole self to Your will, I get so busy some days Lord that I don’t communicate with You as well as I should. Help me to not forget You in all the busyness and to know my place and purpose with You. Help me to spend more time being Your child than doing things for You. Help me to revel in listening to Your voice. Amen.

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