Psalm 16 and My Inheritance

Psalm16 

Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

² O my soul, you have said to the Lord,
“You are my Lord,
My goodness is nothing apart from You.”

⁵ O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You maintain my lot.
⁶ The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;
Yes, I have a good inheritance.

from the Septuagint Greek translation*, verse 5 reads:  The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.

I may have little in earthly inheritance. But the real treasure is the Lord.  He is my portion-my share of inheritance - seeking Him is worth my time... worth my life.
I want to work diligently - for financial strength.. freedom from this mortgage... and work hard to provide for our family and for a place to call home.  But always must keep in balance that our work towards material things will result in decay - all things will rot or burn in the end.  Comparing dilapidated old buildings to having our treasure in our relationship with the Lord, and then with our loved ones helps us keep our focus on the Lord.  

What if you worked all your life to have THIS?

 Psalm 73:26 also references the 'Saints' portion':
²⁶ My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

We know of Jesus' parable of the treasure in the field... Think on the meaning of this if how we live our lives and invest our time.

Matthew 13:43-45

New King James Version (NKJV)

⁴³ Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

The Parable of the Hidden Treasure

⁴⁴ “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

 Peter quotes from Psalm 16:8-11 in Acts 2, and the quote is from the Greek version of the Bible, not the Hebrew.  In fact, it seems to me that all NT quotes are from the Septuagint Bible.

Our own Psalm 105 - family history Psalm

Psalm 105 is a history of the people of Israel - from the entry into Egypt as a small people to the provision of food in the desert.   I decided to begin a history 'psalm' of God's work in our family.

Give praise to God our father!
  He has called us to know His love.
Tell of His works and faithfulness,
  for He has cared for us and called us out of darkness.
Out of families who did not serve our God,
 who did not know His righteous ways.
As a young man, your father was broken,
  ready to call out to an unknown God.
To find out if God would show himself real,
  and see if His love for us can be known.
He answered in the dark of night,
  he lifted me out of the despair of heart,
He filled me with hope, and opened my eyes,
  that I might understand His Word and follow Him.

He provided a way for your mother to hear His praises,
  to learn of His loving promises and Fatherly care.
He brought her a long distance, to a summer of learning,
  took her from ignorance to a walk with the Most High.
He adopted her as a daughter, leading her in His Word,
  teaching His ways to a growing daughter of righteousness.
He was her shepherd, protecting her from wolves,
  that she would know His voice, and follow His ways.

These were without earthly fathers to train them,
  no one to teach them how to live with God.