"Goodness and Faithful Love Follows Me"

Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually [longing to be in His presence]. (1 Chronicles 16:11) One thing I have asked of the LORD, and that I will seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD [in His presence] all the days of my life, To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the LORD And to meditate in His temple. (Psalm 27:4) The LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me],

I shall not want.

Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort and console me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.

You have anointed and refreshed my head with oil;

My cup overflows. Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me;

Your goodness and unfailing love will always be with me each day of my life and follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell forever [throughout all my days] in the house and in the presence of the LORD. (Psalm 23:1,4-6) How lovely are Your dwelling places,

O LORD of hosts!

Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;

They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah. Blessed and greatly favored is the man whose strength is in You,

In whose heart are the highways to Zion. They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power];

Each of them appears before God in Zion. For the LORD God is a sun and shield;

The LORD bestows grace and favor and honor;

No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

O LORD of hosts,

How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation]. (Psalm 84:1,4-5,7,11-12) “And I will strengthen Israel in the LORD, And they will walk [and glory] in His name,” declares the LORD. (Zechariah 10:12) It shall be said of Me, ‘Only in the LORD are righteousness and strength.’ All those who raged against him will be disappointed. (Isaiah 45:24)

“No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And every tongue that rises against you in judgment you will condemn. This [peace, righteousness, security, and triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And this is their vindication from Me,” says the LORD. (Isaiah 54:17) The weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood]. Our weapons are divinely powerful for destruction through God. We demolish arguments. (2 Corinthians 10:4)

In purity and sincerity, in knowledge and spiritual insight, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love,

in [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [like holding the sword to attack] and for the left [like holding the shield to defend];

amid glory and dishonor; by evil report and good report; branded as deceivers and yet [vindicated as] truthful. (2 Corinthians 6:6-8)