# 46. 2017 Dev. Ps 23:6a. The Opposite of Suffering! Read all of Ps. 23. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ps. 23: 6a
“Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life”,
David in the midst of suffering writes this song of praise and comfort. It stands in juxtaposition of Ps 22. This concept of God’s comfort and care is a state of being, offsetting the suffering he is experiencing. As David in the Spirit describes Jesus’ suffering so he describes God’s care for himself, for Jesus and also for us. It is a pastoral scene, peaceful, comforting in an unpredictable world: green pastures and quite waters, a place set aside, away from it all, protected.
Yet, it is much more than a place, He guides us on the right paths of our lives and when we are in a dark place we will not fear evil for He walks with us. His rod and staff, His laws and precepts guide us and teach us the way of life.
He blesses us in the face of opposition and He anoints our heads with oil, God has chosen and He calls us to serve Him. His goodness and love is with us in every situation and beginning at believing in Christ we “dwell in the house of the Lord forever”.
This is the kind of comfort only Jesus is able to give us but only if you know the Lord of life. This state of being, mentally and physically, is only true for those with a complete commitment to living the Christian life. Not the halfway commitment we see too often but a deep self-sacrificing commitment to Jesus. May we all experience it, Amen!
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