Psalm 23:6
Surely Goodness & Mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of The LORD for ever.
THE GOODNESS OF GOD
The Goodness of God is visible.
Psalm 34:8
Psalm 34:8
O taste and see that The LORD is good: blessed is the man who trusts in Him.
The Goodness of God is for those who seek Him.
Psalm 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek The LORD shall not want (lack) any good thing.
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
The Goodness of God is the foundation of our faith in Christ Jesus.
Proverbs 3:5
Trust in The LORD with all your heart; lean not on your own understanding.
Isaiah 26:4
Trust in The LORD for ever, because GOD The LORD is The Rock Eternal.
1 Peter 2:6, 7
“For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a Stone, a Chosen and Precious Cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.
Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The Stone which the builders rejected has become The Chief Cornerstone.”
THE MERCY OF GOD
The Mercy of God blots out transgressions.
Psalm 51:1, 2, 9
1. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness: according to the multitude of Your tender mercies blot out my transgressions (willful disobedience which breaks the covenant relationship with God).
2. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity (guilt), and cleanse me from my sin (the moral breach between God and man).
9. Hide Your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
The Mercy of God intercedes between judgment and restoration.
Micah 7:18-20
18. Who is a God like You, Who pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retains not His anger for ever, because He delights in Mercy.
19. He will turn again, He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20. You will give Truth to Jacob And Mercy to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from days of old.
Romans 8:34
Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
Hebrews 7:25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
The Mercy of God never fails.
Lamentations 3:22, 23
22. It is of The LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.
23. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that The LORD your God is God, The Faithful God Who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
James 3:17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
This Goodness and this Mercy not only follow me all the days of my life, but are integral in living a holy and righteous life in Christ while I draw breath and after death claims my body. For in Christ, Who is The Resurrection and The Life, I have Life Eternal, which I have only begun to live on this side of eternity, but will continue to live on the other side of eternity.
God's Goodness and Mercy are ever-present in The Person of God The Son, for The Son of God is Eternal, Everlasting. This Goodness and Mercy was sent from God The Father (John 3:16) to save the world from the condemnation of their sins if they would only believe in The Name Above All Names (Philippians 2:9) that is The Name of Salvation (Romans 10:13).
Surely. With confidence I can say, God's Goodness and God's Mercy follows me (walks closely with me) all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of The LORD for ever (John 14:2, 3; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Revelation 21:3, 4; 22:14).
