Does your job send you traveling? Mine does.
Our children’s theatre group visits lots of parts of Texas, including some smaller towns, and I love
it. Last month we went to Tyler. Weather reports alerted us to ice and snow, yet the Lord cleared us a path, and actually the drive was all the more scenic with that fresh glisten of ice melting on the trees. The school was fun where we performed, and
an extra treat was visiting with my son-in-law’s mom. She lives near there, and she kindly picked me up from the hotel for a very fun time of talking
and laughing and enjoying a tour. Sometimes we want the big city,
the big business, the big neon name, but here my heart was fully content. Really the
blessing was extra sweet when recognizing the smaller scale of Tyler and the
unlikelihood of most jobs traveling there.
Psalm 23:1 says, “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.” That's saying that Christ is our perfect Shepherd. When we follow Him, He blesses us that we don’t long for more. When we seek and listen, when we answer His call,
we find our hearts perfectly content. We don’t ache for what we don’t have. Technology, clothing, status, you name it,
all those things we tend to envy of others.
The joy of experiencing the Lord surpasses them all. The fullness of knowing Him supplants by far. I testify to having wasted energy in wanting things in the past, and I don't miss that hassle. So we ask the Lord to remove
the distractions. May we trust Him to
satisfy. I have prayed for you today to know the joy of His presence.
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