Come Down, Lord!

"The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage (Psalm 16:5-6)." What does He mean by lines?  Charles Spurgeon wrote, " Lines refers to division of the land by lot and the measuring of it by ropes and lines." So Jesus - the speaker in this Psalm - is speaking of His portion.  He is talking about the lot that God is maintaining. He is talking about what God has assigned to Him as the God-man. This is the One who said He had no place to lay His head.  This is the Christ who suffered horrendously; and yet here He is saying that the lines have fallen unto Him in pleasant places! How can He say this?   A healthy rich man with his family surrounding him could surely say this. But how can Jesus - in the midst of this fallen world, enduring what He endured, living as He lived and facing the cross - say, "the lines have fallen unto me in pleasant pl...

  I wrote previously: “The cup is ordinarily used to refer to your portion.”   Here, again, are some things to consider next time you reach for your cup.  First, remember that God assigns each man his portion.  Some would have every man given an equal portion.  They would like the government to intervene so that all are on economically ‘level ground’.  Some are against inequalities of any kind.  This unrest comes from discontent and unbelief.  God is our Maker and our Sovereign. It belongs to Him to assign our portion.  He raises up some and puts down on others.  To some God gives great riches in this life, while others are destined by Him to lifelong poverty.  Some enjoy freedom, while others live their lives the servants (or slaves) of others.  It pleases their King when His people bow their heads and say, “it is the LORD let Him do what seemeth good to Him.”   As our potter He has the right to make of His clay whatever ...

Part One  When you sit down to eat, whether the table is nicely set or not there is generally always a cup of some kind.  We can go a while without food but we cannot go long without water; which explains why cups can sometimes be found in every room of the house.   The cup is ordinarily used to refer to your portion.  Here are some things to consider next time you reach for your cup.   First , remember that “The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup (Psalm 16:5).”   You may remember that when land was divided up among the tribes there was one tribe that was in a sense left out.  They didn’t get an inheritance of land.  Every other tribe had their portion.  Some larger than others, but all of them had their piece of it - except the Levites.  Their inheritance was God.   No land… but God. Here - in this Messianic psalm - Jesus, our Great Priest, says to God, “ you are my portion, you are my cup.”   Wh...