Press the arrow to listen to “Revelation Song” by Gateway Worship and Kari Jobe as you read today’s devotion about losing things.

Scripture
I waited patiently for the LORD;
he turned to me and heard my cry.

He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.

He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the LORD.

Blessed is the man
who makes the LORD his trust,
who does not look to the proud,
to those who turn aside to false gods.

Many, O LORD my God,
are the wonders you have done.
The things you planned for us
no one can recount to you;
were I to speak and tell of them,
they would be too many to declare.
Psalm 40:1-5

Observation
When I study the course of my life, I see that losing something is the secret to getting everything. It seems when something is snatched from our lives that this is the very thing that makes it possible for us to receive something better. It is not that what was lost was wrong. It was good, but not right for us.

What the Lord needs most from us are open hands. If we will not open them, he will empty them so that they are ready to receive. The secret is to hold everything with open hands so that it does not hurt when God removes things.

Application
Our life is always moving toward a new song if we will wait patiently for the Lord. A song takes an experience. We must be open to new experiences so that God can sing through us, even when they are experiences we don’t like.

Prayer
Father, I receive emptiness today as happily as fullness. My empty condition is what will give you space to bless. So I’m excited and expectant. Amen.