- Portion
Psalm 119:57
Thou art my portion, O Lord:
I have said that I would keep thy words.
I keep your words: therefore, the Lord promises to be my portion. Portion = Lot. Portion or Lot means my destiny, fortune, purpose, design, or plan for my life. Not only is there a purpose for my life and my lot in life is a good portion, but also God Himself is my portion. If I have the Lord I have all I ever need. It can’t get any better than that, nor can I have more than that.
“Lot” comes from the casting of lots to apportion out the Promised Land to each of the tribes and then assigning land lots to the various families. No one complained of their lot because to each family it was a portion of God’s Promised Land. No one’s portion, or family plot, was considered better than another’s, for each one received a portion of God’s Promise, so it was all good. “The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen in pleasant places: indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.” [Psalm 16:6].
What God has won, reserved, set aside, and given to me is good, pleasant, and beautiful because it is a part of God’s Promise and a part of God Himself. Furthermore, having a part of God is really the same as having all of God, for He fills everything with everything. Each portion is filled with all of God and He holds nothing back from us. The promise: God gives me His Life: “I have God.”