“For Thy lovingkindness [חסד, or covenantal love] is before mine eyes:
therefore have I walked in Thy truth” (Psalm 26:3, Geneva Bible). His
motivating power for walking in the truth of God’s Word is a blood-bound
relationship secure in the unbreakable promise of God’s love. The love is
expressed in its cost and oath, not primarily in momentary moods – as Rich
Mullins once said, “there’s a loyalty that’s deeper than mere sentiment.”
Loyal-love, covenant-love, love of the unbreakable promise...that’s what motivates
the Psalmist to walk in the truth of God’s Word, a love alien to our
commitment-allergic age. “Herein was that love of God made manifest amongst us,
because God sent that His only begotten Son into this world, that we might live
through Him. Herein is that love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us,
and sent His Son to be a reconciliation for our sins” (1 John 4:9,10). If that
covenant-love doesn’t move you to a continual desire to walk in the truth of
His Word, return to the gathering where that place of love – the Cross – is the
theme of the songs, the promise of the Table, and the only thing the man in the
pulpit knows (1 Corinthians 2:2). It’s love that strips you down to the soul to
reveal every sin and then covers you in blood-bought perfect white, fills you
with the very Presence of love (Romans 5:5), and never lets you go. It’s love
that sets you on the Way – not the cheap imitation passed off as love from the
feelings and flesh of self-centered humanity. Find the Fount.
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