Psalm 23 (Day 6)

Reading: Psalm 23 v 6 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Isn’t hindsight a wonderful thing. Sometimes I think I would love to live in a hindsight perspective, but that’s not possible in humanity. I often look back over things and think to myself maybe I should have been done things differently. But David looks back, he doesn’t think ‘that could have been better’. And let’s be fair he had some scenarios that could have. Instead he looks back and observes all the days of his life in which Gods hand was present. He sees the redemptive, protecting, and loving hand of God through every scene.

The running tapestry in David’s life was that he was a ‘man after God’s own heart’’. In his account of his life this is shown. He sees God IS good.

This gave him hope that whenever he would be called to ‘sleep with the fathers’, that he would dwell in the house of the Lord forever. He was certain of where he would spend eternity.

It doesn’t matter if you stand in hindsight or foresight. If you’re looking ahead for better days or if you’re looking back to remind yourself of Gods faithfulness. Hope remains.

Hope found in Jesus, hope in a Romans 8:28 God. He works all things for your good and for His glory. All those parts of your life you don’t like, all those scenarios that keep you awake at night, all that shame and guilt. Give it all over to God and someday you will look back and say God was always Good!

But there is also hope that one day you will know the truth of revelations 21:4; ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.’

One day you will be in heaven and see Jesus face to face and be at peace at last!