Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Boundaries”
Our Bible verse for today: “The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.” Psalm 16:6 (HCSB)
Our thought for today: “God will help us to find the right balance.”
King David was a contented man. As he considered his life he decided that he truly was blessed and the boundary lines of his life, which God has established, were pleasant to him. If you go back to verse five you will find that David affirmed that it was God Himself who was his portion, his blessing, and it was God who held David’s future. It was all from God.
This is an important understanding for us. It is God who establishes the proper boundaries for our lives. And I’m not just talking about Biblical boundaries. While it’s certainly true that the Bible provides us with the boundary lines for living a holy life, in this case David was referring to more than that. His family, the profession he was employed in, the income he enjoyed, the possessions he owned, the skills and abilities he had, all of it was an inheritance from the Lord and he was happy with it.
The truth is that God has a life sketched out for each of us that is defined by boundary lines He Himself decided would be good and appropriate for us. The problem is that many of us don’t seek out, and then remain content with, the life God wants for us. Either we’re lazy and we don’t fulfill our God-given potential, or we’re not content and so we strive and strain and constantly reach for more and more and more.
The key is to live within the God-ordained boundaries for our lives. This takes wisdom. It comes through prayer and from the counsel of wise friends and mentors. It also requires that we learn to be content with whatever God wants for us. For some of us that will involve ramping it up and getting off our duffs. But for most of us it will probably involve backing it down a bit, perhaps downsizing and simplifying our lives.
Throughout this month we’re considering the issue of the God-ordained boundaries for our individual lives and we’ll explore different ways to discover and achieve them. But as a starting point, we need to be in prayer asking God to help us see those boundaries which He has chosen for us. We will be happiest when we are able to say along with David, “The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.”
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 