God’s Unfailing Love

God’s Unfailing Love

I am always aware of your unfailing love, and I have lived according to your truth. Psalm 26:3

In today’s verse, the psalmist reminds us that when we live according to God’s truth, we can always be aware of his unfailing love.

Growing up in Plantersville, Alabama, I felt that love. My parents were schoolteachers. They were also active in the small Baptist church in town. Dad was a deacon and the treasurer, and Mom taught Sunday school. To this day, when I recall the story of baby Jesus in the manger, I hear it in my mother’s sweet Southern drawl. Other family members were teachers, preachers, and farmers.

Our family life was inextricably woven and intertwined with the God of the universe. From an early age, I knew that he had sent his Son to die for me and to pay the debt of my sin. There was no question in my mind how much God unconditionally loved all of us.

Though I was young, I was always aware of God’s omnipotence. I would chuckle thinking about how he must smile watching my siblings and me play and enjoy the world around us. To me, God was as real as the air I breathed. He filled not only my lungs, but the world around me. I would romp through the woods, marveling at his creation and how much he loved us all. At the deepest level, I knew that God’s love for me was as solid as the red clay beneath my feet.

Though later in life I wandered far from those powerful truths, I never forgot what it was like to experience those feelings of God’s unfailing love in my youth.

TODAY’S RX

The things of this world are temporary, but God’s unfailing love is not. He will continually draw us back to our forever home in heaven.

Father, I take such comfort in knowing that you have provided all that this world has to offer. Thank you for creating the beautiful mountains, rivers, cities, and fields that make up this world.