the path...

"You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of
joy;
in your right hand are pleasures
forevermore."

Psalm 16:11

there are a lot of choices that we make in life. when we come upon a fork in the road, we struggle to decide which road to go down. which way is the right way to go? which way will lead me to God? many times, it seems to me, that it doesn't really matter, though, as long as we are walking with God in the first place.

john calvin says that the right hand of God is omnipresent. this means that no matter what decisions we make, God is there. we spend way too much time deciding which way to go and very little time looking for God along the way. friedrich nietzsche said of tourists: "they climb mountains like animals, stupid and sweating; one has forgotten to tell them that there are beautiful views on the way up." i think that this is me most of the time... just struggling to get up to the mountain, forgetting to enjoy the view that is a product of the effort.

what if we knew that God was always with us? it seems that recognizing that we are in the presence of God is the only way to discover that "there is fullness of joy." fullness... as in lacking in nothing. what a place to be in life...

cheers,
jw <><