My portion

Psalm 73:25-26Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail,  but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

I have been looking at the question, "What is the chief end of man?"  This week in taking a closer look I have been challenged that my life was designed to be "God Centered."  Simply meaning God is to be the center of everything I do, every thought I have, every word, every action, every reaction, everything in my is to glorify Him.  

That is impossible in my own strength.  It it impossible if I try to somehow accomplish this apart from God.  Naturally I will not keep God at the center, because "me" keeps creeping up.  So Satan whispers in my ear why bother? Why bother, because as the song and psalm says, "better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere."  It is better for me to strive to keep God at the center than to live my life with me at the center.  

The verse above tells me, "God is my portion forever", but what does that mean.  The word portion means in some cases a lot of land that is owned by someone.  It also means a possession.  I think what is interesting is that I do possess God but not in the sense that I purchased God, but rather the opposite, that He purchased me with the blood that Jesus shed on the cross.  That is why I can say like David, "he is my portion forever."  Because of Jesus I have a relationship that is eternal.  Nothing can separate me from his love.  Nothing can sever our relationship.  So why strive to keep God at the center? Because I have an eternal relationship with Him through Christ and the greatest thing Christ did for me was to die for my sin.  The least I can do for him is to live my life with God at the center.

Father today may you continually remind me that you are my portion forever.  May that throughout the day challenge me to keep you at the center of my life.