Mind-Blowingly Awesome Psalm 23:6
Surely your goodness and love will
follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever. Psalm 23:6
If
you know me, you know I like to know Why.
This
time, for this verse, I’m more interested in When.
I
mean, I’ve got the Surely part down.
Certainly. Reliably. Indeed.
Now
I want to know WHEN will God’s goodness and love follow me?
The
answer: All the days of my life.
Not
some days. Not most days. ALL days. Not missing any. Not skipping a few here
and there. No vacation. No potty break.
God’s
goodness and love, following me and you, all the days of our lives.
Awesome.
And
WHEN shall we dwell in the house of the Lord?
The
answer: Forever.
Always.
Never ending. Eternity. Also no vacation and no potty break.
Also
awesome.
And
BONUS, goodness and love will follow
us… into the house of the Lord forever. (See how I did that?)
Because
that’s what Heaven is (among many more things than we can’t begin to imagine).
It’s goodness and love 24/7 (even though there won’t actually be 24/7). Heaven
is where He is, and where we will be. Goodness and love have always been there,
and always will be, because He is there.
And
He is here. Around us. With us. Inside us. So goodness and love have no choice but to
follow us because they follow Him, in us.
That’s
more than awesome. That’s mind-blowingly
awesome.
And since
we’ve got When, we can now tackle Why.
The
answer: He loves us.
Which
is unbelievably mind-blowingly awesome.
Thank
You, God. Love you, too.
Wednesday, September 03, 2014
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Expectations of Time...and Forever
Jesus is on His way from Galilee to Jerusalem for
the final time. He knows that once He enters the city He will never leave again. He will die in a matter of days. He tells His Twelve, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and
everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be
fulfilled. He will be delivered over to the Gentiles. They will
mock him, insult him and spit on him, they will flog him and
kill him. On the third day he will rise again.” (Luke 18:31-33)
He knows EXACTLY what is coming.
Outside of Jericho He encounters a blind man. He has
29 miles to go.
“What do you
want me to do for you?”
“Lord, I want
to see,” he replied.
Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight.” (Luke 18:41-42)
In Jerusalem a few days later, when He is at his very
weakest, in more pain than we can possibly imagine, He makes arrangements for
His mother’s care and chats with a fellow crucifixee.
Wait, what? Really? REALLY?
Who could conceivably have presence of heart and mind
to take chunks out of the few precious hours He has left and break stride,
change focus, and heal someone? And provide for another? And forgive a third?
What can we expect from this Jesus? We can expect
Him to make time for US.
Let’s make time for Him, to ponder in our hearts all He in His Love has done for us. This song is a good place to start.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
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