Near and Far by Rebecca

They draw near who follow after wickedness; They are far from Your law.
You are near, O LORD, And all Your commandments are truth.--Psalm 119:150-151

Written By My Daughter, Rebecca...

I love the psalmist's contrast in these two verses. Those who despise the Lord and are far from His law - and who are therefore inevitably followers of wickedness - are near to him. But the Lord is also near! And His commandments (His word, His promises) are true. So what He says about the fate of the wicked and His goodness toward His children is also true. Whatever trials or tribulations we may endure in this life, then, or whatever foes may come against us, we may still rejoice! Those who sow to the flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but those who sow to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. God is not mocked! He will fully repay the evildoer, and what man intended for evil in the lives of God's children, God will use for our good. “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: ‘For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’ Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” (Romans 8:31-37, NKJV)