Never too much

NEVER TOO MUCH

My heart trusts in him, and I am helped. (Psalm 28:7)

 

I WAS NEW TO THAT SORT OF THING. I was aware my father had some kind of life insurance policy on me, but I had never had to concern myself with such matters. Now I was contemplating , and I knew I would have to provide for a wife and future family in the event of my death. How much life insurance should I have? Not sure where to turn, I paid a visit to my father's insurance agent and trusted friend. I should have anticipated his answer: “You can never have too much life insurance.”

I don't know about you, but I am tempted to want God only in measured doses—a bit to get me started at the beginning of the day, a bit to keep me going about midday and maybe a bit more to get me through the evening. It's even easier to divide my desire for Him into weekly portions—Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening.

Know what I'm learning? When I turn my relationship with God into measured doses, like some medication, He doesn't seem like enough to meet the needs of my life, and my heart doesn't really trust in Him the way David's did. Hmm! Maybe I can never have too much of Him.

 

—Fred A. Johns

 

Today, look for God outside your measured doses.