Your Portion and Your Cup — Psalm 16 Devotional
The dating apps stay active. The backup plans stay in place. We hedge our bets with life. But David made a different choice. He picked one God. Only one. And in that narrow commitment, he discovered something expansive: the kind of joy that circumstances can't touch.
The dating apps stay active on her phone. Three years into the relationship, and she still won't delete them. "Just in case," she says. "You never know." Her partner nods but feels something hollow opening between them. How can love grow when one foot stays pointed toward the exit?
David knew this tension. Standing among a people who kept their options open, a little Yahweh here, a little Baal there, just to cover all the bases, he made a different choice. His words in Psalm 16 reveal what happens when we stop hedging our bets and place everything we have on one altar.
Stop and read Psalm 16. Read it on Bible Gateway if you'd like.