July 15, 2024 - Psalms‬ ‭27‬:‭4‬-‭6

“The one thing I ask of the Lord— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple. For he will conceal me there when troubles come; he will hide me in his sanctuary. He will place me out of reach on a high rock. Then I will hold my head high above my enemies who surround me. At his sanctuary I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy, singing and praising the Lord with music.” Psalms 27:4-6 NLT

Lord, we want you to be the thing that we seek the most in our life. You are by far more valuable than anything we could ever possess. There are so many things in this world that we can work so hard to obtain or waste our time and resources on that at the end of our life will pass away and mean nothing. If we have any of the priorities in our lives out of order, please help us get them reorganized in a way that you and your priorities come out as first in our lives. We want to live all the days of our lives delighting in your perfections and meditating on how you are. Give us an overwhelming hunger to search out more of you and draw us closer to you than we have ever been before. Teach us what it looks like to hide in you and find true peace and safety even when we are surrounded by trouble. Even when everything in life is out to get us, let us live in the peace of knowing that we are out of reach on the high rock of you. Let the way we walk in your peace, joy, and in rejoicing in you, even when evil is surrounding us, be such an example to everyone watching us of your presence in our lives. Thank you that we can fully trust that you have us and we are safe in your presence. Draw us closer and fill us with more of you every day. Make us a living example of what it truly looks to be confident in your love and our security in you.

In Jesus name, amen.