Psalm 17:15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

This is one of my favorite verses. I aspire to be satisfied with myself, but I am not there yet. How I got to this verse this morning was a bit of a surprise to me. The Lord led me to another verse in Psalm 17 in which I am trying to deal with some personal issues.

I ended yesterday’s devotional with the advice “Get over it and get on with it.” Then as always when I open my mouth I am caught in my own words. Take you own advice, Larry.

Verse 7 Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.

I am my own worst enemy. I am so blessed by my Lord I can literally say I have no one who stands against me, no one who is or will do me any harm. Except me.

I am extremely self-critical. Not because I am doing wrong or going in the wrong direction, but because I have placed a high expectation upon myself because of who I was before Christ. I am as far removed from being that person as anyone could expect, except me. I cannot get far enough away from that old dead stinking corpse that was me without Christ.

I don’t fear him coming back. Not everything about him was purely bad, some things about that old man were a victim, not of his own doing. Nothing can be done about that. Get over it and get on with it.

Easier said than done. I am reading Psalm 17 and reading all these declarations being made by David and I say to myself, “Who can you do that?”

Because I am in Christ.