God's Unfailing Love

Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD, for I hide myself in you. Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground. For your name's sake, O LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble. In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant." ~ Psalm 143:8-12

I think this is a great verse for us to use as a reminder of a few things. There are often times where we wake up in the morning and we don't want to get out of bed or do anything that day. This verse reminds us that we should remember God's unfailing love for us. When we wake up we should remember that it is a new day and a gift from God. We should trust in Him that whatever the day brings our way is all a part of His plan for us. There are times where we think we know what is best for us and we try to follow a path that we believe is right for us. We need to remember that God is leading us along the path we are walking along. Today in Chapel I heard something very similar to the following quote (I may not have gotten it word for word) by one of our professors here:

"Imagine that you are riding on a bike for two. You are riding on the seat on the back. Jesus is riding on the seat in the front. You are the one that is working to pedal and get where you are going while Jesus is steering the bike. When you come to a fork in the road Jesus takes the path that He knows is where you are supposed to go. Every once in a while He looks back at you with a smile, not to see that you are still there because He knows that you are, but to assure you that you are being led by Him and not on your own and that you are being taken down the right path for you."

 I thought that was a great way to express how Jesus is leading our lives and how we are being taken down the road to do God's will for us. The verse says, "Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD, for I hide myself in you." In the meaning of the quote this relates because we are in a sense hiding ourselves in God because we are behind Him and He is leading us in the direction He wants us to go. He is rescuing us from our enemies because He is turning down the paths that are where we are supposed to go and that means that He is taking us away from our enemies. God is going to silence our enemies and destroy our foes. We are His servant and are to share the Word with others so that they may know who God is. He has unfailing love for us and does so many wonderful things for us that each morning we should wake up and think about how great His unfailing love for us is and that we are being led by Jesus on the path that God has planned out for us.

Remember that God has unfailing love for you and that He is leading your life according to His plan.
Justina Marie