Psalm 16:8 (NLT)
8 I know the Lord is always with me. I will not be
shaken, for he is right beside me.
The psalmist knows The Lord is always present in his
life. He knows God is close by and hears him when he speaks. He knows God is
watching after him. And he knows God keeps him on the right path for God is
right beside him.
I was visiting on death row in the Louisiana State
Penitentiary at Angola. I asked one man if he would like to talk, and he said
he would. He was a smallish man whose wire-rimmed glasses and intelligent
expression made him look a little professorial. I asked him how he spends his
days. He picked up his NIV Bible, hefted it, and said, "I spend a lot of
time reading our book. I'm glad it's so big. I'll never get to the bottom of
it." Then he said something I'll never forget. "You know," he
said, "there are 2 billion of us Christians in the world, and everything
today that any of us does that's any good has something to do with our book.
And I have a copy of it right here in my cell!" [Cornelius Plantinga Jr.,
Reading for Preaching (William B. Eerdmans, 2013), pp. 9-10]
God is always close, even visiting those who have sinned.
For God loves a repentant heart and one who turns back to Him. When we stay
close to God we will not be shaken, for He is right beside us!
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