9TH SEPTEMBER
Psalm 84:10-12
“For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favour and honour. No good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!”
Think of what you’re missing when you don’t put God first in your life!
When you go your own way, you miss the very best part of life. In fact, walking with God is so much better than a worldly life that one day spent in fellowship with God is better than a thousand days out of fellowship with him.
Someone who has not experienced the joy of God’s blessing and favour and presence can’t fathom this. To them, the Christian life is just a bunch of don’ts and a hard slog of battling to do better.
But we who have experienced a close relationship with God know that Christianity is not about “doing better” but about knowing and loving God and experiencing his loving presence. What could be better than that? Nothing! That’s a way of life you want to share with your friends.
Walk his way, and he promises that he’ll withhold no good thing.
MAKE IT PERSONAL
Do you hear God’s invitation to you today to put him first and experience his joy? Respond as God invites you to draw closer to him.