Security

"The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
You hold my lot.
The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
I bless the LORD who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
I have set the LORD always before me;
because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let Your holy one see corruption.
You make known to me the path of life;
in Your presence there is fullness of joy;
at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."

- Psalm 16:5-11

It is a secure to know that God holds my lot. Life is not a pair of dice tossed on the table, six being Option A, and two being Option C. God planed the future.

It is secure to know that God gives counsel. To worry that I will deceive myself and miss God's will is foolish, because God's counsel is not hidden.

It is secure to know that God is at my right hand. It is impossible to miss the path when the Guide stands beside me. He loves me too much to allow the yielded heart to accidentally wander away. My job is to remain yielded (surprisingly difficult:), not to worry about the path.

It is secure to know that God will not abandon me. In a college student's life, very little is stable. Home changes every six months. People run into your life and they run out. Classes come and go. The stable core is very small. But God does not change with the semesters. He will never leave, and He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

It is secure to know that God shows the path of life. Not only is there security right now, the there is security in the future. The next phrase speaks of God's presence. God's path of life leads to the security of His presence.

It is secure to know that God gives fullness of joy. Happy times with God now are a taste of the fullness of joy in His presence later. Imagine! The best devotional times in the morning are a small appetizer for the fullness of joy in His presence