Psalms 16:5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:
That is the believer’s portion,-his God. The Levites, as a tribe, had no inheritance in the land of Canaan; but God was their portion, and who shall dare to say that they had not the best of it? Now, child of God, if you could have your choice, what would you choose,-goods or God? Earthly wealth, or the God who is the source of all good things?
Psalms 16:5. Thou maintainest my lot.
One of our great men has for his motto, "I will maintain it." But the psalmist’s is a much better one: "Thou maintainest my lot." It is better to have God for our Guardian than to have all possible human strength with which to defend ourselves.
Psalms 16:5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:
That is the believer’s portion,-his God. The Levites, as a tribe, had no inheritance in the land of Canaan; but God was their portion, and who shall dare to say that they had not the best of it? Now, child of God, if you could have your choice, what would you choose,-goods or God? Earthly wealth, or the God who is the source of all good things?
Psalms 16:5. Thou maintainest my lot.
One of our great men has for his motto, "I will maintain it." But the psalmist’s is a much better one: "Thou maintainest my lot." It is better to have God for our Guardian than to have all possible human strength with which to defend ourselves.