A Miktam of David.
Preserve me, O GOD, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.
The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips.|
Psalm 16:1-4
Every Day Carry. The circumstances may vary, but I carry a few basics with me each day, things I consider essential. A small first aid kit is one. Everyone’s kit is different, personalized.
King David, in Psalm 16, gives us another form of EDC, his miktam, for carrying with him each day. It’s more important than physical first aid kit; it’s a spiritual first aid kit. It’s a preventative dose of essential spiritual vitamins.
Item #1 Trust. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” (James 1:17)
Item #2 Holy Fellowship. “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” (Acts 2:42)
Item #3 Idolatry’s Emptiness. “You shall have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:3)
The King’s list goes on.
We can pray Psalm 16. We can add its good things to our miktam, our EDC.
In his book Diary of Personal Prayer, John Baillie begins day 17 with “Almighty GOD, Who art ever present in the world without me, and in the unseen world above me, let me carry with me through this day’s life a most real sense of The power and Thy glory.”
What a wonderful way to begin our day with our LORD, and to carry throughout all our days.
LORD Bless, Keep, Shine. . .
Jonah’s Song 