Soul-Lifting

“To you, I lift up my soul, Oh Lord, My God.”
Psalms 25:1


As I ponder these words of a prayer, I realize that my soul is not going to rise up to the Lord unless I put out some energy. The word “lift” reminds me that I will have to work at it a bit. It does not mean that it is going to be a chore, but it will require effort. I think of it as a joyful experience like lifting an infant into the air and watching him smile. It takes effort, but at the time it seems effort-less. The more I work at lifting my soul to the Lord, the more natural it becomes. If I let my soul lie gathering dust while I go around satisfying myself and paying lip service to God on Sundays, it will take quite a lot of effort on the day that I decide to finally lift my soul. But here is the swell part. Although I have to make the effort, God has quite a magnetic power, so as I try to lift my soul after a period of stagnation, he turns up the wattage of his magnetism to help me lift