Verse of the Day for May 31

David does not say if trouble comes. He says Though I walk in the midst of trouble. In the midst. Not near it, not around it. Right in the middle, with trouble on every side.

And yet he expects to be revived there. thou wilt revive me. Not after the trouble ends, but while he is still walking through it.

Then comes the line that closes this month well. The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me. Perfect here means complete, bring to its finish. Whatever concerns you, the half done, the not yet, the lain awake over, he will see through.

What is striking is the last sentence. Having just stated his confidence, David still prays forsake not the works of thine own hands. Confidence and pleading sit together. He is sure, and he still asks. That is not doubt. It is how children talk to a father they trust.

As you step into what comes next, a new month, a new school term, a move to another city, carry both. The certainty that he will complete what concerns you, and the freedom to keep asking him not to let go.

Trouble in the middle does not cancel mercy that lasts for ever.

You are the work of his hands, and he does not abandon his work.