I Follow Close

In the New Living Translation in Psalm 63:7,8 we read:
I think how much you have helped me.
I sing for joy in the shadow of Your protecting wings.
I follow close behind You; Your strong right hand holds me securely.

We have read in Psalm 91 that we are protected under the wings, the feathers of God. This reference is to a mother hen or a mother bird who protects her babies under her wings, beneath her. God protects His children under His protecting force. His eyes are ever watchful for us, sheltering us from that which would harm us. No evil comes near us nor anything harms us when we are His children. He is always on the alert. He carefully watches over us.

What are we to do when we are under the shadow of the Almighty, Whose power no foe can withstand? We are to sing for joy. We are to rejoice. We are to praise the Lord. We are to shout for joy. That is all we have to do. He does the rest. We can enjoy ourselves while He is on guard to protect us, to take care of us. That is His job. He has obligated Himself as our Father to watch over us. Isn’t that awesome! How wonderful, how marvelous is our Savior’s love for us!

We are to follow close behind the Lord. We must stay close to the One Who is our protector. We must stick really close to Him. His strong right hand keeps us. He is our Big Brother. No one messes with us when our Big Brother is near us. We stay close to Him. And do we remember how much He has helped us! Oh, yes, do we remember! We remember the times when He kept us from danger. We remember the times when we knew we would have wiped out if it had not been for Him.

We follow close to Him by walking in His footsteps of righteousness, being with Him Who does the right thing all the time.

Psalm 85:13 in the NLT says this: Righteousness goes as a herald before Him, preparing the way for His steps.
In the KJV it reads: Righteousness shall go before Him and shall set us in the way of His steps.
In the Amplified Bible, it reads: Righteousness shall be before Him and shall make His footsteps a way in which to walk.

Isn’t this reassuring? Righteousness goes before the Lord preparing a way for us to walk in His footsteps, which are the right footsteps, showing us the right way. What an assurance we have. All we have to do is follow close behind Him and we are walking in the way of righteousness. We are walking in what He has done for us.

And here is even better news. How about this? While we are following Him, walking in His footsteps of righteousness, Psalm 23:6 tells us that surely goodness and mercy or His unfailing love will pursue us all the days of our lives. We are following Him and goodness and His unfailing love is following us. That has us covered before and behind us. And we have on the armor of light to protect us as we are going and coming. What more do we want! We have it all.

Have you ever stopped to think about the wonderful Lord we have! He takes care of us from every angle. He is ever present with us. All we have to do is follow Him closely and He leads the way. We have nothing to fear. We have nothing to concern us. He has got us covered.

I love being God’s child. It is such a pleasant journey from beginning to end. I am following closely behind Him and beside Him and with Him. I like getting just as close as I can. I like that. How about you?