All The Paths Of The Lord

“All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.” (Psalm 25:10).

We have to start with the obvious. “All” the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth. Not just some, but all of them. That does not exclude the various paths of the Lord from being something else in addition. It’s just in this one definitive statement, every single one of the paths of God are mercy and truth.

Mercy

Mercy, what is mercy? Mercy is pity, it is compassion and favor shown towards someone, who is usually guilty and/or undeserving of it.

By definition mercy is, “compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power”. Source: Dictionary.com.

Praise the Lord for God’s mercy, for we certainly are undeserving of anything other than His wrath.

Truth

Pontius Pilate looked Jesus Christ in the face and asked, “What is truth?” (John 18:38). We know Christ to be the truth (John 14:6). But truth in context of this Psalm is to be understood in terms of faithfulness, constancy and loyalty. Truth is promise made, promise kept.

God can’t lie or deceive. What God says, is done, without question or fail (Hebrews 6:17-18). Because of these things, we can rest our hope in Him. It is this hope placed in God that, “we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast” (Hebrews 6:19).

Truth is our assurance that God’s word and God’s actions are one in the same.

And finally, there is the qualifier. The paths of truth and mercy are open only to, “such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.”

Here is a Biblical reality. All of God and His promises are made available to everyone. Unfortunately, few will exercise the option made available to them through the covenant relationship. Fewer still will adhere to the contents of that covenant agreement. Most Christians are Christian by name and not by life lived.

God’s promises and His mercy are available to those who, “keep his covenant and his testimonies.”

The wonderful thing about God is that we can repent of our sins, accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and return to Him at any time. It’s not like insurance where there is a specified time of open enrollment. Now is that time for God. 

But for those who may be saying, “Ah, I’ll do ‘God’ later”, think about this. Anyone that says or thinks they’ll do God later, simply does not have Christ in their heart. If they did, then they would act upon it right now.

Bill Hitchcock