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Learned a lesson today… something so simple, even a third grader can understand it.

I was teaching a bible lesson to my daughter, and the curriculum suggested Psalm 37:4 as her memory verse for this week. She read it to me in her version, and I learned something new.

That’s what I love about being a teacher… whether I’m instructing my own kids or adults in bible study… the teacher always learns more than the student. I love that.

I know verse four as, “Delight yourself in the Lord and He will grant you the desires of your heart.” I claim this verse in my life often… I want God to give me what I want. (I know, I’m so spiritual.)

My daughter’s bible read, “Find your delight in the Lord. Then he will give you everything your heart really wants.” (NIRV)  I paraphrased it for her, and as the words were coming out of my mouth, my heart opened wide to receive this new insight.

If you first love what God has already given you… then He will let you have the other things that you want.

So simple, even a third grader could grasp it.  It’s sinking in.

Thank you, Lord… for all that you’ve blessed me with. Help me to be grateful for each and every blessing and provision. I will wait patiently for the rest.

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I’m still pondering Psalm 16.  The Lord really spoke to me through those verses.  I’m still thinking about how He lays out the boundary lines in our lives (verse 6).

The psalmist says that the boundary lines that God set for him have fallen in “pleasant places”.  I think it takes alot of gratitude to have this proper perspective.

I can’t help but look beyond my boundary lines to see what you have, what she is getting to do, what I don’t have.  I keep looking beyond the fence…which is truly the loving perimeter that God has chosen for me.  Instead of focusing on all of the blessings that fall within my boundaries, I’ve been looking beyond God’s current provision for me.  Whining. Comparing.  Envying.

I’m finding that the more grateful I am for what’s around me, the less my eyes wander out there. My challenge for you (and for me) today is to look around and observe the “pleasant places” that God has designed for us.  What He has chosen for us today is His absolute best for us.  His boundary lines are exactly where they need to be.