TAKE A WALK

 

MAY 20, 2024



Jesus gave the following invitation to his disciples, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Jesus we are told went out to a solitary place to spend time with God. Even the Creator in Genesis 1, when the work of creation was completed, rested. The point is we need these rejuvenating spaces in our lives too. This week let us engage in a PRAYER RETREAT together.

Each day we are going to read a Psalm together, and you will be invited to take that Psalm with you into God’s beautiful creation to allow the “general revelation” of our Creator in all that he has made, connect with the “special revelation” of God’s word to us.

We begin today with PSALM 16.


1 Keep me safe, my God,
for in you I take refuge.

2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
apart from you I have no good thing.”
3 I say of the holy people who are in the land,
“They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4 Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more.
I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods
or take up their names on my lips.

5 Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;
you make my lot secure.
6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
7 I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
8 I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest secure,
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,
nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
11 You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

TAKE A WALK

If you are able to, lets take a walk with Jesus on a path, sidewalk, in your immediate surroundings.

While you walk consider a decision you need to make and with that in mind imagine yourself following Jesus or walking side by side with him. Pray about what path you are to take. Perhaps its even more important to pray about how you’re to walk on whichever path you take.

Let David’s words in Psalm 16 inspire you: “I have set the Lord before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body will also rest secure… You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand” (verses 8-11).

What is Jesus saying to you on your path?

In your daily life what helps you to walk in the joy of the Lord?