No sweeter name

"Truly my soul waits silently for God; from Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved. How long will you attack a man? You shall be slain, all of you, like a leaning wall and a tottering fence. They only consult to cast him down from his high position; they delight in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. My soul, waits silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my stregth, and my refuge, is God. Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Surely men of low degree are a vapor, men of high degree are a lie; if they are weighed in the balances, they are altogether lighter than vapor. Do not trust in oppression, nor vainly in robbery; if riches increase, do not set your heart on them. God has spoken once, twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God. Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; for you render to each one according to his work" (Psalm 62)

I feel like the modern church today has compartmentalized God way too much. We have made Him into a "church-on-Sunday", "when-I'm-with-certain-people", "when-I-feel-like-it" God, and He will never settle for that! If you were the Lord of all, and greater than all things that surround the lives of your children, wouldn't you want to be the center of their lives to prevent them from being led astray by lesser things? If we want to grow in our lives with God, we have to desire to be in His presence always. I was thinking about this since last Saturday, and we will always end up feeling like things are lacking until we do. Teach our hearts Father to long for your Word, and meditate upon it always.

Just like David mentions at the end of this Psalm, God wants our hearts to be reserved for Him, not riches. If we believe that Jesus is our bridegroom, then we will want to keep it pure for Him. The church really needs to live by the Spirit I believe, to see the changes that took place in the book of Acts. To tell the truth, I was told by someone at a church over Winter break that I was supposed to be baptized with fire (speak in tongues), before I came back to IN, and I didn't go to church that evening. I really feel that was a mistake on my part. Even so, I am not running out of hope, because my savior gives me the strength to run any marathon. This is not a relay race; every one of us can carry the torch at the same time as we seek our God in spirit and in truth!