Confident.
May 10, 2008 at 7:41 pm (Uncategorized)
Psalm 27:13-14
I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
I love these verses–I am confident that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. What beautifully strong words David wrote.
But what I love most about them is they remind me that I have seen the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. In my life I can see that He has given me everything I need and more. He has satisfied all of my needs, and healed all of my hurts, and ultimately redeemed my life from the pit. He has been far more than merciful to me–he has been abundantly gracious.
When I look at my life and see my sin I wonder at how I can be loved, how a God so tremendously holy can condescend to show me His goodness. And then I’m reminded that God’s goodness isn’t dependent on my goodness, and His faithfulness transcends my unfaithfulness. He loves me, not because of the righteous things I have done, but because of His mercy.
Such a good God. A God like that is worthy of my whole life’s worship. And if He has been this gracious to me already, I can have the same confidence of David and say that He will continue to show me His goodness. Amen and amen!
Mary Jane Lizut said,
June 7, 2008 at 9:24 pm
To be confident that you will see the goodness in the land of the living. Yes, that is what I desire for all people. All who want it anyway. Sometimes it gets tough to see the goodness, then you turn around and you see something so incredably beautiful!!Today a beam from the sun was so bright that it made an 500 year old pine tree look dead. I actually walked up to it to see what had happened in that spot of the tree. It was orange through the root. I thought a branch broke and it was loosing its color. An hour later I opened the door to take another look at the tree and it was solid green, right through to the root. It made me feel that sometimes somethings look dead bur are really alive. Thank you dear god for that.