Dec 22 - Psalm 23:6a

Surely goodness and mercy

shall follow me all the days of my life

Psalm 23:6a

 

What's chasing you?

Guilt? Worry? Fear?

Some people are haunted and chased by their past. The repercussions of bad decisions still reverberate through many lives.

Fortunately this Psalm suggests a more pleasant alternative to chase after us -- goodness and mercy. But what does it take for this blessing to follow us all the days of our lives?

A simple principle for success in this world is: Right Place + Right Time = Right Result. Whereas: Wrong Place + Wrong Time = Wrong Result.

If the Right Result is goodness and mercy, then logic says we must be in the Right Place to find it. And what's the Right Place? If we want to find goodness and mercy, it helps to chase after it.

God always offers this gift. He's always generous with it. But sin keeps putting us in the Wrong Places with the Wrong Motives. If we want to find goodness and mercy, it helps to chase after it.

And the more we follow the paths of righteousness, the more goodness and mercy will follow us.

In Christ's Love
a puppy
because chasing

goodness and mercy
is like chasing your tail:
(The more we follow the paths of righteousness,
the more goodness and mercy will follow us;
and the more goodness and mercy follow us,
the more we'll want to follow the paths of righteousness

And so on … and so on …)