The Bible, too, is filled with word pictures that tell beautiful stories. The phrases can be inspiring from a first glance, but upon deeper inspection a much more meaningful idea comes to light. One such beautiful picture is portrayed in Psalm 85:10-13,

“Mercy and truth have met together,

Righteousness and peace have kissed.

Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Yes, the LORD will give what is good; and our land will yield its increase.

Righteousness will go before Him, and shall make His footsteps our pathway.”

This psalm is a portrait of salvation. The Lord God and His Son, Yeshua, met together. They planned a way of salvation for the people they love and created in Their image from even before the foundation of the world. According to plan, Yeshua emptied Himself of His glory and poured Himself out as an atonement for our sins. The righteous Lord God looked down from Heaven and declared, “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17) Yeshua Himself declared, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6) And when the Truth sprang out of the earth on Resurrection Day, He made a way for us to follow Him to everlasting life.

The Lord did all of this for YOU! He loves you and has good plans for you. “Every good and perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of Lights…”(James 1:17) He wants you to be with Him in Heaven, so He goes before you as an example. He has walked where you are walking right now. He has born the same burdens and resisted the same temptations that you are facing. He understands what you are going through. And He has left His footprints as signs to light your pathway so you will not get lost along the way.

Don’t feel discouraged. Though you might feel distant or distracted or lonely in spirit, you are NOT alone. Call out to the Lord for help. Look around you for His footprints. He will make your way clear; His Word will light your path.

May we walk in His footsteps every day, and may we be kissed by His righteousness and peace all along our way.

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Guilt is one of the most unpleasant emotions. It has a way of hanging on one and haunting them long after the shame of a mistake has passed. Some of us wear our guilt like a favorite old hat and have a hard time letting go of it when the Lord tries to snatch it away from us. Guilt can eat away at us more than spiritually; it can have a long-term effect on our physical and emotional health.
Have you made a mistake in the past that the enemy still uses to make you feel guilty? Do you struggle to know how to get past those heavy feelings and back into a vibrant, liberating life, filled with joy and all the brilliance of God’s grace? You can! Micah 7:18-20 gives us great hope:

“Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy. He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. You (Lord) will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. You will give truth to Jacob and mercy to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from days of old.”

We serve a great, big God who loves us and delights in cleansing us and covering our sins and mistakes with His precious, atoning blood. And when He liberates us from our iniquities, He does it completely with no strings attached. He throws our sins in the deepest sea and puts up a “NO Fishing” sign.
The devil has no right or authority to dredge up old sins from the bottom of the ocean to use against us again and again. You can remind him of that when he tries to throw a guilt bomb back on you. You have every right and authority to dance and revel in your Father’s forgiveness and release those shameful memories into His hands of mercy. And He doesn’t want YOU to go fishing for them either!
I encourage you to let go of your guilt today. Let it sink once and for all beneath the waves of God’s grace and mercy. And let His goodness and compassion flood in and overwhelm that empty place where your guilt used to cling. Yes, you can revel in His lavish love and move on with your day.

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