“I have set the LORD always before me…” ( Psalm 16:8) This was David’s way of describing his daily practice of putting the Lord first in everything. David’s works, words, thoughts and purpose were to be guided by the Lord. Everything in life was to be done according to God’s will and for His honor. David was conscious of the moment by moment presence of God. It’s another way of saying, “I’m going to live my life knowing that the Lord is always with me.” The bottom line from Sunday’s message was this: Enjoy God’s presence through God’s presents. Or in other words enjoy God’s presents through the things He gives us as demonstration of His love. 

One of the things I say so often is that our way doesn’t work, God’s way does. Psalms 128:1 says, “Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways.” I know this may sound very basic, but the reality is, it is a very profound truth that is relevant to each of us no matter what stage of our walk with God we are in. The key is to stop “doing it my way” and start doing it God’s way. 

God is in the multiplication business. Not only can He make something out of nothing, God can take a little and turn it into a lot. In Luke 9:10-17, God took five tiny loaves of bread and two fishes, multiplied them and fed a crowd of 5000. It is lesson in duplication, one that has application in our lives. Matthew 25:29 tells us, “For the man who uses well what he is given shall be given more, and he shall have abundance. But from the man who is unfaithful, even what little responsibility he has shall be taken from him.”