He is preparing me

Have you come to love Psalm 23 as I have? There are so many passages in the Bible that come to mind when I think of my favorites. Yet there are few that are on public display as much as Psalm 23. Maybe John 3:16 and the Lord’s Prayer top it and a few others. But this chapter is incredible. It sticks out. Literally.

This week has brought lots of thoughts, and this chapter continues to find its way in to my mind. We have a mission team in town working with us that is doing great things and a real blessing. Pray for this team, the new campus and all the impact our church has. It really is like Psalm 23 and its impact in the places it is shared.

This week’s e-devotion come from Psalm 23. We have talked through many of the themes and actually share the last bit of truth that makes us stop and look at what we are experiencing. Check this out…

Psalm 23:5 NLT

You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.

God is working in my situations every day. There is nothing out side of His control or His plan when we understand that God is working in my life and in those around us. The world really does revolve around His plan and Him. It is not revolving around us, even if we have a slight thought of that.

Here we know that the places God works most is where I am weak or worried or questioning. It is in the places where we have to trust Him most where He works the greatest things.

Then He is preparing me and even anointing me in those times. We are blessed. Do you see the blessings? If you don’t, you must be blind. Psalm 23 is a reminder of His goodness, His seeking us and His guiding our lives each day.

Praise God for Psalm 23 is a gift from God from the pen of its author, King David, meant to turn our attention and hearts even more toward God. Tomorrow we will finish our walk through the chapter of Psalm 23 and get a new perspective.

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