Let Goodness and Lovingkindness Follow You All The Days Of Your Life

Today's Word of Encouragment from Wayne:

"Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever"

Psalm 23:6

David had come to love God so much, and had spent so much time before His presence, that he was able express his full trust in his "Shepherd" (Psalm 23: 1) declaring, "surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life." This was not a boast or presumption in the flesh. This was the sincere declaration of one who, through knowing God and beholding all of His wonderful blessings, had come to realize his inseparableness with his creator. "Christ in you, the hope of glory" is what the apostle Paul has written to us, following those words with "We proclaim Him" (Colossians 1: 27- 28).

Let us proclaim Christ our Good Shepherd even as David proclaimed "The Lord is my Shepherd." Let us hear our Shepherd’s voice (John 10: 3-5) and know His wonderful qualities, even as David wrote of the many qualities of the Lord his Shepherd. Let us receive this same blessed confidence in Christ our Savior, where we joyfully and continuously confess, "surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life." In the favor and blessing of "ministering to the Lord" (Acts 13: 2) every day, we are graced to behold the goodness and lovingkindness of God every day, so we are in the perfect place to know what David confessed.

Yes we praise You, Lord God, for saving us, calling us to Yourself, and blessing us in Your presence with such favor that we humbly, gratefully, and with exceeding joy say, "surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Thank You Jesus. Hallelujah!