Kyle Olson 0:08
Welcome to Elmhurst, CRC's daily dose of the Word of God. It's Wednesday, June 22, and Sundays coming. This is Kyle Olson and I'll be reading Psalm 16. I'll be reading from the translation called The Voice. I encourage you to look at your favorite translation and follow along.
Kyle Olson 0:31
Psalm 16, a prayer of David. Protect me, God, for the only safety I know is found in the moments I seek you. I told you Eternal One, you are my lord. For the only good I know in this world is found in you alone. The beauty of faith-filled people encompasses me. They are true and my heart is thrilled beyond measure. All the while, the despair of many who abandoned your goodness for the empty promises of false gods increases day by day. I refuse to pour out blood offerings, to utter their names from my lips. You Eternal One, are my sustenance in my life-giving cup. In that cup, you hold my future and my eternal riches. My home is surrounded in beauty. You have gifted me with abundance and a rich legacy. I will bless the Eternal, whose wise teaching orchestrates my days and centers my mind at night. He is ever-present with me. At all times he goes before me, I will not live in fear or abandon my calling because he stands at my right hand. This is a good life. My heart is glad my soul is full of joy and my body is at rest. Who could want for more? You will not abandon me to experience death and the grave or leave me to rot alone. Instead, you direct me on the path that leads to a beautiful life. As I walk with you, the pleasures are never ending. And I know true joy and contentment.
Kyle Olson 2:14
Let's pray. Lord, thank you for today. Thank you for your word. Thank you for this book of Psalms of prayers of songs of David. Thank you for your protection. Although we may not even know exactly what's happening in the greater background of our lives. We know Lord that you are for us. That your will is for our greater good. And that you just desire us to be close to you. Help us in these beautiful sunny summer Chicago days to just take that reflection that is all around us and pass it through to the next person so that we can reflect the greater good and your will in the way that we move around this world. Please direct our path leading to a beautiful life like that. In your name, Amen.