He guides and leads

This is going to be a great week as we have a mission team in town doing several mission projects as well as helping us get ready for back2school 2024. Please pray for this team, our new campus for The Community Fellowship, back2school and all the impact our church and community will have from God.

I am also sharing in this week’s e-devotion from Psalm 23. Yesterday we looked at verses 1 and 6, the first and last of the chapter, where God gives us the reminders that He is our shepherd and is pursuing us.

The first verse reminds us that He is our shepherd that guides, is gracious and loving present with His kids. A shepherd leads His shepherd. A shepherd makes sure that His sheep are fed and have waters. A shepherd protects His sheep. You can go further, but God is our shepherd. It is personal as David wrote that the Lord is my shepherd.

Psalm 23:2-3 NLT

He lets me rest in green meadows; he leads me beside peaceful streams. 3 He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.

As a shepherd would lead His sheep here are some specific ways that God leads us, provides for us and should be sought out by each of us.

The green meadows … a place of rest and peace. Leading us beside the peaceful streams. Both of those are peaceful in my mind, and I long for peace in a world gives or provides very little. God provides peace for His kids. We need it. I long for it.

Not only is our shepherd taking us to the places that provide peace by He is giving us strength as we walk the right ways and honor His name. There is more to faith than just knowing God. There is an every day walk that each of us have to choose.

Praise God for Psalm 23 reminding us that our shepherd provides all we need and is constantly pursuing us. In the next several days we will look through the entire chapter of Psalm 23.

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