Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Psalm 23:6 (Psalm 23)
This psalm holds so many good nuggets and today it gives us a reminder that the Lord continuously keeps watch over us and our lives. This verse says, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” Follow, being the operative word here, means to watch, observe, or pay close attention to someone or somebody's movements under constant surveillance; to go after or go behind somebody while in position, time, or in sequence. This tells me that goodness and mercy are with us constantly to keep, guard, protect, and shield; a 24 hour surveillance as we go throughout each day and all the days of our lives.
What comfort and an assurance we have, in the watchful eye and care of our Shepherd. He is always there for us, through life’s changes, in our circumstances, our trials, and every situation. He is in every aspect of our life. We can be confident of this very thing, that because He is our Shepherd, He won’t leave us nor forsake us. He is keeping constant watch over us and that is a promise we can stand on. I don’t know about you, but I get joy when I think of how God has kept and is keeping me in the midst of my storms, through life, even with its ups and downs that come to make me stronger in Him. He has always shown Himself faithful, He has graciously loved me, His grace has sufficiently kept me, and goodness and mercy has faithfully followed me. God does not leave His people to wander about hopelessly lost and without direction. He gently nudges us in the way that we should go, even when we try and stray away from the path. This psalm is perfectly penned to assure us of that and so wonderfully concludes with David saying, “and I will dwell with Him in glory forever.”
We can’t let anything separate us from the love of God so that we can get to that glory; not trouble, hardship, persecution, want, or danger. The word tells us we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered, but we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For we must be convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, that none of these things will be able to separate us from the love of God (Rom 8:35-37). We can trust and be content in the fact that the goodness and the mercy of God will follow us all the days of our lives. In this, we have hope and joy and a promise that He is with us always; keeping watch of our movements. We are under constant 24 hour surveillance making sure that they constantly guarding, protecting, and shielding us throughout each day and all the days of our lives. Now that's protection!
I want those lives that see me and the lives that I touch, see the light that shines of confidence, assurance, and trust. I want to exude the happiness and joy that is of the Lord. I want His peace, the peace that passes all understanding, to be seen in me, regardless of what I’m facing, or the trials of life, they will see me rejoicing in the God of my salvation. I can say this because I know without a doubt that goodness and mercy have got my back!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
This psalm holds so many good nuggets and today it gives us a reminder that the Lord continuously keeps watch over us and our lives. This verse says, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” Follow, being the operative word here, means to watch, observe, or pay close attention to someone or somebody's movements under constant surveillance; to go after or go behind somebody while in position, time, or in sequence. This tells me that goodness and mercy are with us constantly to keep, guard, protect, and shield; a 24 hour surveillance as we go throughout each day and all the days of our lives.
What comfort and an assurance we have, in the watchful eye and care of our Shepherd. He is always there for us, through life’s changes, in our circumstances, our trials, and every situation. He is in every aspect of our life. We can be confident of this very thing, that because He is our Shepherd, He won’t leave us nor forsake us. He is keeping constant watch over us and that is a promise we can stand on. I don’t know about you, but I get joy when I think of how God has kept and is keeping me in the midst of my storms, through life, even with its ups and downs that come to make me stronger in Him. He has always shown Himself faithful, He has graciously loved me, His grace has sufficiently kept me, and goodness and mercy has faithfully followed me. God does not leave His people to wander about hopelessly lost and without direction. He gently nudges us in the way that we should go, even when we try and stray away from the path. This psalm is perfectly penned to assure us of that and so wonderfully concludes with David saying, “and I will dwell with Him in glory forever.”
We can’t let anything separate us from the love of God so that we can get to that glory; not trouble, hardship, persecution, want, or danger. The word tells us we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered, but we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For we must be convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, that none of these things will be able to separate us from the love of God (Rom 8:35-37). We can trust and be content in the fact that the goodness and the mercy of God will follow us all the days of our lives. In this, we have hope and joy and a promise that He is with us always; keeping watch of our movements. We are under constant 24 hour surveillance making sure that they constantly guarding, protecting, and shielding us throughout each day and all the days of our lives. Now that's protection!
I want those lives that see me and the lives that I touch, see the light that shines of confidence, assurance, and trust. I want to exude the happiness and joy that is of the Lord. I want His peace, the peace that passes all understanding, to be seen in me, regardless of what I’m facing, or the trials of life, they will see me rejoicing in the God of my salvation. I can say this because I know without a doubt that goodness and mercy have got my back!
Until the morning, be blessed,
Cynde
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