All the Paths

 

“All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.” Psalm 25:10

    I love the Word of God and am so thankful for the many significant passages the Lord has used in my life to encourage, convict, supply direction, and challenge me. Daily Bible time was part of my school schedule throughout my formal education years. Though it was a requirement then, but through that, the discipline and desire grew in me to make time for God’s Word in my schedule, outside of checking it off a school checklist. As I have grown in my faith and sanctification, I delight in seeing how the Holy Spirit has infiltrated my life with scripture and implanted passages in my heart. Many passages have deeply affected my life in different seasons, but one passage stands out strongly.

    I believe it was sometime in the latter part of 2019 that I first listened to the book “Queechy”, by Susan Warner. In chapter 28 of the first volume, two of the main characters are together and one is attempting to uplift his cousin’s depressed spirits with the promises of the Lord found in the book of Psalms. After reading Psalm 25:10, he points out to his sad-hearted companion that “ALL” the paths the Lord leads us on are mercy and truth.

    This last few years have been a very unique season for me and my family and they have been dotted with trials, deep tragedy, and unprecedented difficulties. There have been many moments when my own life has been identified with inner and outward turmoil and pain. There have been many days when I could strongly relate with my sad-hearted friend in “Queechy, as she wrestled through the slough of life’s pain. However, it is only too often that in our deepest heartaches, the Lord teaches us the most treasured lessons in His graciousness and mercy. So it has been with me. Again and again, the Holy Spirit has taken my thoughts back to Psalm 25:10, which is now one of my dearest scriptures. He realigns my heart and settles my spirit in the truth of the passage.“All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth…” 

    All His paths, not some of them, or most of them, or only one now and then, but He promises all of them. He will never place me on a path that He has not designed and is allowing for the eternal good of me, His most beloved daughter. My anxious heart is quieted by placing my eyes upon my Master, with the assurance that He is in control. This passage causes me to trust Him more, to set my eyes upon the Son “Who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20). I can rest my weary and grief-wracked mind in the everlasting arms (Deuteronomy 33:27) of my Savior, my Father, and my God, Who only works all things for my best (Romans 8:28). I can believe that He sees the larger picture that I cannot and is working accordingly to accomplish His good will in my heart and in those around me. I know Him trustworthy of the promises He gives and believe that what He is doing, is being done in love and that every path, whether painful or joyous, is given to me in the mercy and truth of my most loving Father and Lord.