Devotional for Friday, June 2, 2017
“Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Us!”
by Dona Hake
Psalm 23:6
“SURELY goodness and mercy SHALL follow me all the days of my life.”
Sometimes when I am meditating on a scripture to share with you there may be one word that stands out to me. As we look at this scripture I think this one word will deepen your love and appreciation for the Psalmist’s words. That word is surely which means: firmly; unerringly; without missing or slipping,
Because He is so good, we can most assuredly say “only goodness and mercy WILL follow me.” These beautiful qualities of our Lord WILL follow us firmly, unerringly, without missing or slipping!!!! If you have lived any length of time on this earth you can testify to the fact that there will be tests and there will be trials. Nevertheless, our Shepherd has promised to follow us around with His goodness and His mercy. Many times trials can test our confidence in Christ, but we must remember that He will never give up on us. Even though we fall, He has promised to lift us back up and restore us again.
His goodness and mercy should not only follow us but we should have it flowing through us as we abide in Him. I believe that we can be vessels of His goodness and mercy even to those that you may feel are undeserving of it. Remember…we can do nothing to feel that we are deserving of all that He has lavished us with for it is not by works that we are saved.
I leave you with two questions to ask yourself and ponder…How do you deposit the blessings you have received into the lives of others? And can others see that you are being followed by His goodness and mercy? I find these two questions very challenging and I want to think about them on a regular basis in order to keep my heart challenged…how about you?
