Do you know?

The last verse of Psalm 23 is most commonly known with the following words:

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life…”(Ps. 23:6a NKJV)

The word “surely” in Websters dictionary also lists the word “certainly”. Webster’s 1828 dictionary lists “certainly” as well as “infallibly”. “Infallibly” is not a word that is used in common conversations. Further investigation of “infallibly” revealed the following words: “certainly”; “without a possibility of failure”, (Webster’s 1828 dictionary). Surely and certainly both indicate that the words that follow are definite and something that is going to happen. Infallibly, though, takes it to a new level. “Without the possibility of failure”. There are not many things today that can claim 100% success every time.

The first part of verse 6 in the Amplified version starts with the words “I know”. When putting the 2 versions together we find that we should “know without the possibility of failure” that God’s love and mercy follows us everywhere, all the time, while we live in the “presence of the Lord” (Ps 23:6 AMP).

We can survive by only walking in God’s presence and accepting His love and mercy some of the time. Do you know that you can thrive each day by accepting that His love and mercy are present all the time, without the possibility of failure?