“Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man” (Proverbs 3:3-4, ESV).

Did you catch what is so fascinating about verse three? It says to not let steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you. It’s a command to not let God forsake you. Why would He do that? Don’t we have a promise that He won’t leave or forsake us?

The rest of the verse tells us how to avoid the fate, “Bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart.” We keep God’s chesed, His mercy, His steadfast love, close to us. We keep His faithfulness, which is most often translated truth, with us. We keep with God by clinging to His mercy and truth.

He promises to not walk away. We just have to not walk away. Hold fast to what is good. That’s God! Hold fast to His Word, His ways. Keep His Word in your heart and choose to abide in Him and live in the light of His Word.