The Lord is my portion

The Lord is my portion

"The Lord is my portion, . . . therefore will I hope in Him!" Lamentations 3:24

The supplies with which the Lord furnishes His people are good; but He not only bestows upon them innumerable precious gifts —He gives Himself to them! He Himself is their portion and their inheritance!

And what do they possess in Him?

A Father , ever tender and gracious!

A Friend of boundless capacity, and of infinite and unchanging love!

A Fount of never-failing satisfaction and joy!

In the present life, believers only begin to learn how unspeakably precious a portion they have in the Lord. When they enter upon their heavenly state—they will more fully apprehend their blessedness in Him. It will take all the circling ages of eternity to learn what a glorious and inexhaustible portion they possess in the Lord.

Is the Lord your portion, O my soul? Yes! Yours, even yours—if, constrained by redeeming love, you give your poor self to Him.

He pitied you in your ruin.
He ransomed you with the precious blood of Christ.
He renewed you by His Holy Spirit.
He claims you as His own!
As you yield yourself to Him, He would have you, with humble faith, claim Him as your own. "The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I hope in Him."

"From pole to pole let others roam,
  And search in vain for bliss;
  My soul is satisfied at home—
  The Lord my portion is."

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