“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life…” Psalm 23:6a
When we read this text, where are our hearts? do we expect coming days of prosperity? Do we look for our physical well being to defy the rest of creation that groans? Do we seek an exemption to death itself? Our God must be BIGGER than these things. For to ask God to fit goodness and mercy within the human definition of it is below His character. Goodness and mercy are in the here and now. They are even in the things plague us because those things drive us to Him. Goodness and mercy are in our ailments because those things set our hope in the eternal. Broken hearts are earmarks of those who Jesus said are poor Spirit… to those that Jesus has given the kingdom of Heaven. Goodness and mercy is in the knowledge of God, the gift of His eternal presence we will one day enjoy fully, with no need of faith, as our very beings will be devastated by His majesty.
Do not believe this text is merely of a future earthly situation better than the one you have now. God is bigger than this. This text is for the here and now and the “forevermore.”
“… and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”
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