Psalms 12-17: Apart From God There is No Good Thing

I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
   apart from you I have no good thing.”
As for the saints who are in the land,
   they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight.
The sorrows of those will increase
   who run after other gods. - Ps 16 2-4 NIV

As David said to the Lord, 'Apart from you I have no good thing.'  There is nothing, nothing that any amount of money can buy, nothing that we can beg, borrow, or steal that has any worth apart from God.  The whole world seems caught up with acquiring or protecting what they want or already have, but it's chasing the wind. Nothing will give us the satisfaction that our heart craves.  Nothing will fill the empty places.  Nothing will make us more loveable or beautiful.  In the end, we're all perfection addicts, seeking the next face lift and instead becoming more and more repulsive to ourselves and others. We may look to the world like we have it all, but if we're running after any other god, in the long run, only our sorrows will increase.  Apart from God there is no good thing. 

2010 Post- Psalms 12-17:  Lord Help for the Godly Are No More