Psalm 37:3b … befriend faithfulness.
I do not know how I missed this phrase in the past! It is so picturesque and eye-opening as to
how I can “run after” God. I am to befriend faithfulness … “to become
friendly with,” “to act as a friend to,” faithfulness. I do not see faithfulness of any kind
displayed in the world around me very much these days, so it is not going to
come naturally for the most part as a response to life in general, nor
spiritually. When I looked up the
synonyms of “befriend” I saw many word pictures of my pursuit of faithfulness;
for example:
*welcome: faithfulness is something I must want in order to
have.
*get chummy with, take up with: faithfulness is something I have
to decide to exemplify as a part of how I live.
It is my choice.
*encourage: with God’s help, I encourage faithfulness in my
life. I do what I can to develop it and
keep it active.
*side with: this is another picture of the role I play in my faithfulness
development.
I want to welcome faithfulness, take up with faithfulness,
encourage faithfulness, and side with faithfulness… I want to befriend faithfulness.
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