by Peter M. Lopez
Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Psalms 51:11 (NKJV)
We have a dog named Oliver. Oliver wants nothing more than to be with us and, of course, a morning treat.
When we leave town for extended periods of time, Oliver usually stays with his grandma. When we return, she always reports that he moped around the house and wouldn’t eat. He cannot stand to be away from us.
If Oliver knows we are leaving, he sticks to us like glue. When we head for the door, he usually beats us to it. When we return, he anxiously waits for us to settle on the couch so he can climb on one of our laps. He then snuggles up tightly with us, and all is right in his world.
When I think about Oliver, I’m reminded of King David, who needed only to be in God’s presence. Whether King David was on the battlefield, on his throne, or hiding from would-be murderers, when he snuggled up tightly with God, all was right in his world.
Like Oliver longs to be with us, David could not stand to be away from God’s presence. God said David was a man after His own heart, and I want a heart like David’s and Oliver’s.
Do you need things to be made right in your world? Spend time in the presence of God today.
