Verse of the week

'The LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish' Psalm 1:6

How encouraging for Christians to know that, as people made right with God through Jesus' death, God watches over our way! Every day, every minute, whatever we're doing and whereever we are, God is with us, watching over us, there to help us and guide us. How wonderful to know that because he watches over our way, he can continue to guide our path all the way into his eternal kingdom.
What are the things you do in your life that you find difficult? When are the times you find it difficult to keep going as a Christian? In those times, remember Psalm 1:6, that as you walk that way, God is still watching over you, and as you keep trusting in him he will bring you through.
And, if you're tempted to give it all up and follow the way so many others, who don't know Jesus, do, when it seems that it's so much easier or even more fun to walk in the way of the wicked, remember the second half of the verse. It may seem so much better to be 'wicked' at the moment, but though they don't know it their way leads not to happiness or success or contentment but only to perishing.
It is the righteous whom the LORD watches over; it is the Christian whose path he guides; it is the believer whose way he will bring all the way to eternal life with him. So keep walking through life as a righteous person, as a child of God who trusts in Jesus.