Psalm 21-25

God’s goodness, his compassion, love, and mercy have always existed, even before Creation, because God has always existed. He IS compassion, love, and mercy. Nature itself, all humanity are recipients of those blessings every minute of every day. Like it or not, believe it or not, we are all blessed because God IS.

That being said, there is a special level of those blessings for God’s own children. There is a special relationship between the Shepherd and His sheep. It’s a different level of blessing for those who are His through the blood of Jesus.

I’m going to use an example that some of you will object to. Let’s try to set politics aside and see the comparison for what it is, just a comparison. Here goes:

We Americans are the recipients of the blessings afforded us by Donald Trump’s presidency, his generosity, patriotism, common sense, and the ability he has to negotiate for the benefit of America first. Like it or not, believe it or not, we are experiencing the benefits of his leadership.

But there is a special level of blessing reserved for his children. They receive all the blessings from his presidency, just like the rest of us. But sit around the dinner table, snuggle up to Grandpa on the couch, and there is a precious connection that we outside his family cannot know. He is Dad or Grandpa to those few, and not to the rest of us.

That’s what David understood about God. God is good all the time. Believe it or not, like it or not, the world is blessed because God is God. We are all blessed exactly the same by Creator God.

But snuggle up next to Him through His Word. Receive the blessings reserved for His children. He is Father to those of us who know Him through His Son Jesus, and not to the rest of humanity.

We are all blessed the same by God who is over all. But it’s a different level of blessing to those of us who know Him, who call Him Father and LORD.

It might be the same, but it’s also very, very different.