"God's Alliance"

"All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep His covenant and His testimonies." (Psalms 25:10) If only I had done this, or had gone that way instead of this. How many times we think of things like that? We have had this discussion before, and it turns out that God's will is ultimately going to be done, regardless of what we plan to do or fail to do. The great key however, is that we be found somewhere in the midst of His will, and on the path that leads to everlasting life! There is only one path that leads to eternal life, but there are many paths that the Lord will use to bring us to that one; some of which come very close to total destruction. If you have lived one of those highly destructive paths, then you know what I am talking about. But what we are talking about within this verse is something that has a little different meaning, and has to do more with how we live out our Christian life, not how we got there. We are constantly faced with choices in our daily walk; some are easy, and some require much prayer and even some fasting; but the choices that we make, whether good or bad, will all work out to those that "keep His covenant and His testimonies"; to that you can be assured of, because He will make it so! Do you not know that He calls you friend? And because He calls you friend, He has promised to look after you and always be there when you call out to Him for help and forgiveness; no matter how big of a mistake you have made in your life, our God is big enough to make it turn out for the good. And who exactly are those who keep His covenant and testimonies? Those that take His truth and make that their truth; those that believe on His great love and know that He loves them; those that live their lives as people that are governed by a desire to please Him and treat Him as their friend and their God. That is what is meant by "God's Alliance", because it is more than just a covenant that we make, it is a covenant that God makes, and His count; our's, well just say that we disappoint ourselves a whole lot more than we disappoint God. God already knows what we will do and how well we will keep a promise made to Him; but that is why His great love and forgiveness is so far, deep, and wide; there is no end of His mercy to those that keep His truth in their hearts..."I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in His time: also He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before Him. That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past." (Ecclesiastes 3:10-15)