So many favorites from the Psalms! Hard to choose, but Psalm 37:4 has always been a special one for me:
“Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.”
I love how personal this verse is. It tells me that God cares about the desires of my heart, but also that my desires need to be aligned with his. I also love the word “delight.” It’s so easy to get caught in the trap of thinking following God is a set of rules or instructions, but there is also so much joy, and the word “delight” really captures that for me.
I also memorized Psalm 23 a long time ago and love to recite it to myself during difficult things, especially when I’m running a race.
Psalm 139. It reminds me that I am here and I am the way I am because God made me that way. He loves me so much that He brought my Father and Mother together, at a very specific time and place, to bring me into the world. As in Romans 8, He forknew me, predestined me, called me, justified me, and in the end, I will be glorified with Christ. Make no mistake about it, Psalm 139 applies to you as well.
Life itself is a great reason to worship God and follow Jesus. Just the fact you exist, and you do so because God created you, is quite sufficient. Everything else is a blessing.
“I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.” ~ Psalms 91:2
One of my favorite verses is this. It’s not just a platitude to read on a wall; it’s a way of life. “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust” is me saying to myself that no matter how hard the storms of life might blow, I have a safe place that never changes.
A refuge is where I flee when all falls apart; a fortress is where I stand when the enemy fights. It’s not so much an attempt at escapism, it’s a way of saying I know who’s holding on to me in the storm. It’s a declaration of faith, not fear. It’s me saying “God’s got me, and I trust Him.”