The word “follow” means “pursue”. God is actually pursuing you with his love and goodness. But if you unconsciously look at life through the grid of CNN’s, Fox Network’s, CBS’s nightly news, you could get the impression that the world is a bad, bad, bad place. If you listen to them too much, you might begin looking over your shoulder to make sure nothing evil sneaks up on you.
While it is true that we live in an imperfect world, our lives are watched over by a good God who makes sure that goodness and love and mercy will follow us every day of our life. The word “goodness” means “unconditional love”. Mercy is a word that refers to God’s steadfast loyal, and covenant commitment to you that never stops. God’s mercy doesn’t lag behind you, it follows you. How long? All the days of your life.
God always promises an abundant life now and forever. “Abundant life”, doesn’t that ring a bell? The word means “spilling, overflowing”. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re going to drive fancy cars, have a great house, and never have a problem. It means you’re going to overflow from the inside-out, having more than enough to get you through whatever you have to go through because God is with you. It can be rich, it can be deep, it can be powerful, it can be wonderful and it can be that, regardless of what dark valleys you have to go through along the way.
Have an abundant life – here and hereafter.
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