Psalms 85: 10-11
“Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
Psalms 85: 10-11 NIV
Literally , our love and His faithfulness and His love and our faithfulness meet together. This friendship is not one sided. In order for us to grow in an understanding of His faithfulness and love, we must grow in our faithfulness and love towards Him.
And in order for us to experience the peace that He is always speaking of, we must live out our new identity as being righteous and blameless. This does not mean that chaos will vanish, instead, it means that amidst the chaos our faithfulness will give us ears to hear, experience, and spread His spoken peace.
Let us hear that again. Amidst the chaos, our faithfulness will give us ears to hear, experience, and spread His spoken peace. In verse 10, four marvelous gifts from God are depicted like old friends. The first two, mercy and faithfulness, meet together. Where one is, the other one will also be. They are drawn together.
So where there is faithfulness to God’s doctrine and decrees, there will be Christian mercy which offers forgiveness just as God does, according to the prayer of Jesus. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And since God has been merciful, faithfulness to the law of God and all of the doctrines of the Scriptures will follow.
This is what John rejoiced about: It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about how you continue to walk in the truth. This is also what Jesus taught in the Great Commission Go and gather disciples of all nations. He then supplied the means for this work of gathering disciples with the Means of Grace by baptizing and by teaching.
And what was to be taught? All the instructions I have given you. In the same way, where there is righteousness, there is peace. But these are even more closely connected, and so they kiss each other. Where we are covered by the righteousness of Christ, we have true peace.
We know lasting peace when we understand that we have the righteousness of God through Christ. So today, listen in and let your love and faithfulness meet with His. And let your display of His righteousness allow you to be kissed with His peace. Then, and only then, can we spread it!!!
Father, thank You for this day the wisdom and encouragement we receive from Your Word. Pour out Your abundant blessings from the storehouses of heaven over my friend and family today. Lord, thank You that a day is coming when we will be restored as Your special people and Your promises to them, and to the Church, will all be fulfilled. Lord, thank You that You are coming to rule and reign on earth and that mercy and truth will be united, and righteousness and peace will kiss one another. Please use us to boldly proclaim Your Gospel of grace to all today. Be a blessing.
Father, we love You. Amen !
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