Renewal of Your Strength...💪🏾

A Word of Reassurance 📖

Psalm 23:3. ● "He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake."

David credits the Lord, his shepherd, with restoring or refreshing his soul. In Bible times, if a sheep became injured, its shepherd would treat its wounds until its good health returned. How often the Lord restores us to good spiritual health after the evil world system has hurt us, or, even more often, when we have hurt ourselves by failing to follow Him closely! When Peter relied on self-confidence to keep him faithful to the Lord, he failed miserably, but the Good Shepherd graciously restored him to spiritual health (John 21:15–19).

Sheep were accustomed to following their shepherd in well-worn paths, but occasionally a sheep would stray from a safe path and become lost. Then the shepherd would leave the rest of the sheep in the custody of helpers and go searching for the lost sheep. Jesus, the Good Shepherd (John 10:11, 14), leads us in paths of righteousness, but we may wander from the chosen path. Then Jesus searches until He finds us and restores us. In Luke 15:3–7 Jesus told a parable about a shepherd who had one hundred sheep, but when one went astray, he searched for it until he found it. Then he laid it on his shoulders, brought it home, and summoned his friends and neighbors to celebrate its recovery with him.

God is constantly guiding you in paths of righteousness. The searching question is: Are you following His path? Are you obeying His word? Are you pursuing His will? Are you submitting to His leadership? If you are one of His sheep, be assured that He will always restore and guide you, now and into eternity with Him.

Father of all grace and mercy,

I praise Your name for Your wonderful words of comfort and Your promise that nothing can ever pluck me out of Your hand.

Thank You that no matter what I do, You will restore me and lead me along life’s path, for the honour of Your name.

Keep me, I pray, from wandering far from You and may all I do, from this day forward, be to Your honour and glory.

In Jesus' name I pray...

AMEN.🙏🏾