“The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.”
The Comparison
David names portion and lot together here, worth examining directly, both words suggesting something genuinely assigned, not chosen through comparative striving but received, worth holding as this movement’s own needed picture, contentment flowing from receiving your own actual, assigned lot, not comparing it.
Notice pleasant places, worth examining this specific, positive assessment, David’s own actual lot named directly as pleasant, worth considering whether your own current lot, honestly assessed without comparison, might also, genuinely deserve this same, positive naming, worth practicing this deliberate assessment today.
This is worth applying as genuine, practical exercise, worth considering your own actual lines, your own specific circumstances, and naming them, as directly as David named his, pleasant places, worth practicing this deliberate, positive naming rather than the comparative dissatisfaction this whole book has honestly explored.
Consider today your own actual lines, your own specific, current circumstances, and practice David’s own deliberate naming, pleasant places, goodly heritage, worth examining whether this same, honest, positive assessment might genuinely, actually apply to your own lot, considered honestly, without comparison.
Choose Contentment
- Consider your own actual circumstances honestly, without comparison to anyone else’s lot.
- Practice David’s own deliberate naming today, pleasant places, applied to your own actual life.
- Name one specific way your own lot might genuinely deserve this same, positive assessment.
Prayer
Lord, the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places, and I have a goodly heritage. Let me name my own lot this way, honestly, without comparison to anyone else’s. Amen.
Carry this today
Your own actual lot, honestly assessed without comparison, may genuinely deserve positive naming.