| For the Lord loves the just … |
| —from Psalm 37:28 |
Sometimes we come to understand a truth by looking at that truth’s opposite effect. That’s what the Psalmist, King David, had in mind when he wrote these words found in Psalm 37:28:
For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish.
Here we see two sides of the balancing scales of God’s righteous justice. On the one hand, we find the faithful follower of God receiving God’s just and loving protection. On the other hand, we find those who despise and reject God receiving the just penalty for their disobedience.
As we begin a new day, we need to look around us and see the people, who have not yet bowed their knees in fealty to the Great King Jesus, as lost and needy. No matter how they may appear to others, we need to see them as those to whom we can offer an introduction to God’s mercy, grace, and unfailing love. Working in concert with the Holy Spirit, and bathing our efforts in much prayer, we can gently and tenderly speak words of God’s loving salvation into their lives.
Oh how wonderful it would be if some of these needy ones around us would find rest by turning their lives over to the God who loves them with His everlasting love. How pleased God would be that we have faithfully fulfilled our role as His ambassadors.
