Depending Upon God's Guidance

God's Creative Word
God Calls For Justice:  Justice Enacted
David Embodies God's Justice

2 Samuel 22:26-31

The Message

 ^26-28 You stick by people who stick with you,
      you're straight with people who're straight with you,
   You're good to good people,
      you shrewdly work around the bad ones.
   You take the side of the down-and-out,
      but the stuck-up you take down a peg.
 ^29-31 Suddenly, God, your light floods my path,
      God drives out the darkness.
   I smash the bands of marauders,
      I vault the high fences.
   What a God! His road
      stretches straight and smooth.
   Every God-direction is road-tested.
      Everyone who runs toward him
   Makes it.

For Reflection

Mankind can begin in kindness, but, when threatened, revert to defensiveness and create a powerful spiral into destruction.

Not God!  God will stick with you, be straight with you, good to you, take your side and work against those who work against you.  God will light your path with justice and wisdom.  All one has to do is follow the light.  Avoid the darkness,  Run toward God. 

Pray

that you pattern you life in the image of God's intentions for you.  Pray that you will have the wisdom and courage to overcome the pull of vengeance and retaliation.