Love the Lord, all you his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful but abundantly repays the one who acts in pride. Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!
Psalm 31:23-24 (ESV)We are asked to love God. To love God is to obey God. When we choose to ignore God, we choose to ignore the very purpose of life, and when one ignores their purpose, they spend their life, in vain, looking for it.
This passage talks about those who wait on God. What does that mean? It means that often, we cannot see the destination God is taking us to just by the road on which we are currently. We need to trust that God knows the best way to get us to where we are going, or we chance choosing a way that ends up going to a different destination.
When we love the Lord, God takes care of the rest. When we love ourselves, we are left to fend for ourselves. When God is in charge, the destination is clear. The journey and the destination are tenuous when we are in charge.
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