Seeing God Now and in the Future.

Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.
The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names on my lips.
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
I bless the LORD who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
I have set the LORD always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
or let your holy one see corruption.
You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
(Psalm 16 ESV)
David did not always have an easy life.  He spent much of it on the run. Yet he came to know God dearly; he could see Him at work providing, guiding and protecting Him.  He was confident that this would continue into the future, beyond this time on earth.  Peter, in his sermon in Acts 2, notices that these words were also a fulfillment of Christ's resurrection - that we could see God in Christ, and in Him is our hope for eternity. Let us meditate on these truths written by David; let us see God in our lives today; let us life now in light of the promise that we will see Him where He is in times to come.