“So why should I fear the future? For I am being pursued only by Your goodness and unfailing love.” Psalm 23:6 TPT

Most translations say “goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life”.

It does mean to follow after earnestly. But from studying it, I believe the original Hebrew word, radaph, is more intense than that. It means to pursue ardently, put to flight, to chase, aim eagerly to secure, or to attend closely upon.

Point to ponder while you wander…I have wasted too much time waiting for the other shoe to drop. Expecting bad, just because other people have chosen to let me down. God didn’t do that. Other people did.

God gives good gifts to His children. And I am his child. (James 1:7 & Matthew 7:11)

God pursues us ardently with His goodness and unfailing love. He never fails to continually pursue me ardently. (Psalm 23:6)

God promises that if I seek Him, I will find Him. No game playing or lies. (Jeremiah 29:11-14)

So today I am choosing to say, “Thank you God, for giving me hope for the future and chasing me down, wherever and whenever I strayed, with your goodness and unfailing love. Even when I blamed You for people’s choices, and especially when I literally screamed obscenities at you. You are the Rock to which I cling.”