One of the dangers with the advent of the Internet chatting software is cyber-stalking. There was a recent article published in The Rock magazine about this.
Well, do you know that we who are beneficiaries of the New Covenant are being stalked? Read on...
One of the most quoted chapters in the Bible has to be Psalm 23 -- the one that talks about the Lord being our Shepherd.
In fact, Ps 23:1 is my wifey's favourite verse.
There is a song based on Ps 23:6 that I remember singing as a youth that goes like this:
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever
And I shall dine at the table He's set for me
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days, all the days of my life
It is interesting to know that the word "follow" in the Hebrew is רדף radaph (Strong's H7291), which actually means "to be harassed, stalked, pursued, hunted down".
The very same Hebrew word was used to describe the way in which Pharoah's army of chariots pursued the Israelites when they were making their exodus out of Egypt. It was also used to describe the manner in which David was being hunted down by King Saul (see the texts from 1 Sam 23 through 26)
What a revelation! While the people of the world are searching and hunting for wealth and happiness, we who are believers are being hunted down by the Lord's goodness and lovingkindness!
What we need to do is to focus on Jesus, to seek first
- His kingdom (which Paul tells us in Rom 14:17 are righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit) and
- His righteousness (which Paul tells us in Rom 5:17 is a gift)
and all things will be added unto us. Amen?
Being stalked is not a pleasant experience, but being stalked by God's goodness and lovingkindness certainly is :-)
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