57 Lord, you are mine!
I promise to obey your words!
I promise to obey your words!
This statement is pretty bold. I could understand the opposite statement, "Lord, I am yours.", because everything is His. When I first read this, I thought it was pretty audacious for a person to say that he owns God. Another translation renders it, "Jehovah is my portion." So, I think the psalmist is saying, "Yahweh, the Covenant-keeping, Self-existing One, you are the only thing that I will really inherit. You are the only thing worth striving for and receiving. Therefore, I will obey your words so that I may gain more of you." I think it is like this scripture:
Phil. 3 8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ 9 and become one with him.
Heavenly Father, you are so wonderful. You are the true treasure. All of the things in this world are actually nothing compared to you; please help me see the reality and not be deceived by the glamor of the world. Lord, please give me a simple and pure devotion to you. Please help me follow you with single-minded obedience so that I may gain more of you. I love you, Lord. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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