Psalm 23:6

PSALM 23

6a SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE: AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.

A Promise For Today

You say to me, "For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great MERCIES will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have MERCY on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer." (Is. 54:7-8)

Strong's Definitions
Follow - "to run after, pursue"
Dwell - "sit down, remain, settle, to marry, make to keep house"
House - "family"

Yes, surely...SURELY! Lord, Your GOODNESS and MERCY shall RUN AFTER ME and follow me wherever I go forever! I cannot get away from Your wonderful GOODNESS and MERCY! What a happy thought! Because I am in Your family...because I am Your child by grace, I know that MERCY has PURSUED me and overtaken me, and now I shall LIVE IN IT. And as I
live in it, still MORE goodness and mercy shall RUN AFTER ME forever and ever! You have promised me "the daily arrival of grace - FUTURE GRACE" (Coined termed by Dr. Piper) Yes, by Your grace, we are "married". Yes, by Your grace, I have "settled down" with You in
Your house. Yes...yes, I shall REMAIN here because of Your wonderful MERCY and GRACE. Thank-You, Lord Jesus! Forever I am Yours!

"If (You) had told me some time ago that (You were) about to make me as happy as I could be in this world, and then had told me that (You) should begin by (taking away my health), and removing me from all my usual sources of enjoyment, I should have thought it a very strang
mode of accomplishing (You) purpose. And yet, how is (Your) wisdom manifest even in this. For if you should see a man shut up in a close room, idolizing a set of lamps and rejoicing in their light, and you wished to make him truly happy, you would begin by blowing out all his lamp; and then THROW OPEN THE SHUTTERS TO LET IN THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN. Personal Quote by Samuel Rutherford from "A Godward Life", by Dr. John Piper, pgs.288-289 (personalized and emphasized by me)

Lord, although You've allowed periods of depression in my life, this is true. You have given me a deep happiness in knowing You in meditation and writing. Thank-You, Lord, for"THROWING OPEN THE SHUTTERS TO LET IN THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN." Amen.

Lord, You have "...turned the curse into a BLESSING unto (me)..." (Deut. 23:9) Praise be to Your name!