Devos
01-13-2012, 11:04 AM
Our Trust In God
Psalms 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside thestill waters.
KingDavid depicts for us a serene, idyllic scenery, (a pastoral view that many ofus living within a city cannot comprehend. We might even decide this wonderful view does not even exist.) If we could take the opportunity and go tothe country for a few hours (in an attempt to find this serenity,) our fears(not locking the door behind us, and being left “in the open” at the whims ofmarauding bandits) might be overwhelming.
WhenI began preaching, we lived on a small acreage, with many trees, (some of whichwere “clumps” of mature Dogwood Trees.) Almost daily, I walked up a hill to one particular clump of Dogwoods toread my Bible and pray. (On occasion, Ieven laid down on the ground and napped under that clump of trees.) When I left the house, our dog, Mei Zen, andour two cats, Bert and Ernie always followed me. When they had “secured the area,” I satdown. (I knew there weren’t anycopperheads or other critters to cause me problems.) I relied on my animals to protect me, yet, Ibelieve I was relying on God to protect me in that pasture. (I was allowing God to use the animals for myprotection. My cats kept the smallcritters at bay, and my dog (a Shar Pei) definitely hindered the larger ones.)
However,the scene David gives us is “a painting of his heart.” It is his love of God, and his trust in Godthat he reveals his heart to us in this verse. If we trusted God as David trusted Him, howmuch greener could our pastures, our valleys, and those mountaintops be? We can gain that trust, and The Love of Godby delving into God’s Word, and by kneeling and submitting ourselves in prayerto Him.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Allthat we are, and all that we can be is by allowing God to lead us by those “stillwaters.” Those waters reflectserenity, but they can be “deep waters” with treacherous sub-surface currents(sin.) Sin pulls us away from theserenity that God gives us.
Jesus,our Lord and Saviour guides us beside those “still waters.” He never takes us into those currents that willpull us away. He protects us through TheHoly Spirit.
“Reader,have you accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour? He is The Only Way. There is no other Way to secure a heavenlyabode. There is only one Way to God, andthat is through Jesus via The Holy Spirit.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no mancometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus tells us through Paul that if we will believethat God has raised Him (Jesus) from the grave, and if we will tell others (confess)what we believe, God will save us.
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shaltbelieve in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt besaved.
Believe and know Heaven is your home.
Bro John R. E Chastain
Retired Pastor
Wylie, Texas
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Psalms 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside thestill waters.
KingDavid depicts for us a serene, idyllic scenery, (a pastoral view that many ofus living within a city cannot comprehend. We might even decide this wonderful view does not even exist.) If we could take the opportunity and go tothe country for a few hours (in an attempt to find this serenity,) our fears(not locking the door behind us, and being left “in the open” at the whims ofmarauding bandits) might be overwhelming.
WhenI began preaching, we lived on a small acreage, with many trees, (some of whichwere “clumps” of mature Dogwood Trees.) Almost daily, I walked up a hill to one particular clump of Dogwoods toread my Bible and pray. (On occasion, Ieven laid down on the ground and napped under that clump of trees.) When I left the house, our dog, Mei Zen, andour two cats, Bert and Ernie always followed me. When they had “secured the area,” I satdown. (I knew there weren’t anycopperheads or other critters to cause me problems.) I relied on my animals to protect me, yet, Ibelieve I was relying on God to protect me in that pasture. (I was allowing God to use the animals for myprotection. My cats kept the smallcritters at bay, and my dog (a Shar Pei) definitely hindered the larger ones.)
However,the scene David gives us is “a painting of his heart.” It is his love of God, and his trust in Godthat he reveals his heart to us in this verse. If we trusted God as David trusted Him, howmuch greener could our pastures, our valleys, and those mountaintops be? We can gain that trust, and The Love of Godby delving into God’s Word, and by kneeling and submitting ourselves in prayerto Him.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Allthat we are, and all that we can be is by allowing God to lead us by those “stillwaters.” Those waters reflectserenity, but they can be “deep waters” with treacherous sub-surface currents(sin.) Sin pulls us away from theserenity that God gives us.
Jesus,our Lord and Saviour guides us beside those “still waters.” He never takes us into those currents that willpull us away. He protects us through TheHoly Spirit.
“Reader,have you accepted Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour? He is The Only Way. There is no other Way to secure a heavenlyabode. There is only one Way to God, andthat is through Jesus via The Holy Spirit.
John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no mancometh unto the Father, but by me.
Jesus tells us through Paul that if we will believethat God has raised Him (Jesus) from the grave, and if we will tell others (confess)what we believe, God will save us.
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shaltbelieve in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt besaved.
Believe and know Heaven is your home.
Bro John R. E Chastain
Retired Pastor
Wylie, Texas
fundamentalthoughts-preacher.blogspot.com FundamentalThoughtshttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/396602453215336106-3052623446111635134?l=kjvdevos.blogspot.com