Nothing Good Withheld

Nothing Good Withheld

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 84:11

We arrive, this morning, at the peak of this mountain we have been scaling for the past two days. Although this is but one peak in the midst of a veritable mountain range of summits, it has much to say to us that will heavily color our view of life’s events. Our text for this morning says, ‘No good will be withheld from those who walk uprightly.’ In the translation above, ‘thing’ is supplied. By leaving it off, as the writer of the Psalm originally did, it expands the concept of ‘good’ well beyond the realm of ‘things.’

Let us contemplate that concept a bit, please. Of whom does he speak? He speaks of those who ‘walk uprightly.’ How is it that they thus walk?  They ‘walk uprightly,’ because of Free and Sovereign Grace.  His Redemption, accomplished and applied, is the foundation upon which ‘those who walk uprightly’ stand. He has already ‘not withheld’ that greatest good from them. He has, and does, enable them to ‘walk uprightly.’  Having already done the greater thing in not withholding salvation from them, He will not fail in any other area. If God has not withheld good in that which is greater, He will not withhold good in that which is less. This enables us to take a better view of the events of our own lives. If we are God’s, in Christ, then in truth, ‘all things work together for good for us who love God, who are, the called according to His purpose.’ He is, even today, working in every circumstance of your life to do you good. He will withhold no good from you; not now, nor throughout eternity.

Our Most Gracious and Giving God
We are grateful for Your abundant goodness to us.
We praise You, as You work all things for our good.

Where the Bush is Burning
Tomm Tice