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"Goodness and Mercy" (posted January 13, 2020)

   Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
   - Psalm 23:6

Goodness and mercy have followed you so far on your homeward way. You have not traveled far as yet, but suppose you are to live until the weight of a hundred years bows your head and bends your back-- what then? You may face the future with confidence and say, "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life." Not one day a week only, but seven; not on the bright days only, but all the days of my life. Through the enthusiasms of youth, the sterner years of middle age, and into the infirmities of old age, it will still be the same.

But you are not looking so far ahead; you are looking for the Lord, and His coming draws nigh. We read, "The Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout... and thus we shall always be with the Lord" (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). We shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever (Psalm 23:6, above).

Presumptuous man, this David [who wrote Psalm 23]! Some would say it would have been far better if he had said, "I hope I shall dwell in the house of the Lord." But if it depended on David, it would have been presumption even to hope. But it did not depend upon David, not does such a glorious destiny depend on any one of us who can say, "The Lord is my Shepherd." If the Lord is my Shepherd, I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

This psalm, beginning as it does ("The Lord is my Shepherd"), could not end in any other way. It would not be perfect if it did. If the Lord is your Shepherd, will He lose you on the way to His house? Impossible! You are too precious to Him for that. You are His Father's love-gift to Him. You are His forever.

The Shepherd is responsible for the sheep; He will lead them safely home. Who would not follow Him?

John T. Mawson



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