Waste Some Time With God

 

If Your Word had not

    been my delight,

I would have perished

     in my affliction.

         Psalm 119. 92

(God's Word is not just

     our daily bread

     to get us through the day.

But it is our life preserver

  to keep our heads

        above the waves

when we cannot

          touch bottom.

And we have all been there

  at one time or a million

when we are treading

  in tumultuous storms

   or overwhelming floods.

His voice whispers to us

    through all those verses

we have read with our eyes

 and engraved on our hearts.

God's Word strengthens us

         ahead of time

in ways we never see coming,

to train, equip, and infiltrate

     in both now and next.

Waste some time with God

           in His Word daily.

It matters. It matters a lot.

It may very well

          save our lives.)

O LORD,

Lift us up through Your Word

  in this storm we are facing.

Draw us close to You

and keep our heads

      above the waves.

May the power

         of Your Presence

surround us

in impossible situations.

And to know

    that You are here.

You have given us

       Your Word on that.

Multiply the time

    we spend with You.