March 1

Psalm 69:32 declares a hope that we all long to have—all of us who are relying on ourselves but hungering and thirsting after a better way to function in this tabernacle of flesh. It says, “The humble shall see and be glad; you who seek God, inquiring for and seeking Him early; let your hearts revive and live.”

First, it declares the importance of humility. Let’s face it, if we aren’t humble, we are unlikely to be seeking God at all. If we aren’t humble, we are probably relying upon ourselves—our connections, our abilities, our mental acuity—and these are the very things that will ultimately let us down.

Secondly, we are counseled to seek God early. The longer we postpone the need to place our lives at His feet and allow Him to orchestrate the direction we should go, the more off track we’ll get and the greater will be the correction our lives will need when we finally realize how misguided has been the course we’ve been following, how futile has been the “self” strategy we’ve employed.

The reward of our search will be that the third point made in the psalmist’s admonition—our hearts will revive—will cause our hope to be reborn as faith in One greater than ourselves gains ascendancy in our lives, as He washes and cleanses us in the blood He spilled in our behalf, as His Holy Spirit renews our inner man. And then, only then, we shall know true life.