Satisfaction for the Soul

Sunday we explored the beauty and majesty of Psalm 23 as we continue our series through the Psalms. John 3: 16 is still the reigning champion as being the best-known verse in the Bible, but Psalm23 is, without a doubt, the champion of being the best-known passage. We hear it often, we learn it early, and we use it to comfort in times of despair. David makes some bold declarations in this writing. He says that for one who trust in the Lord want, strife, and fear will not be a part of this one's life. The very first question we need to ask ourselves, and let the Holy Spirit direct, is whether we have want, strife, and fear in our life? If we do, then we are failing to trust in the Lord. The issue is not our circumstances, someone else's fault, or God's failure. The issue, the problem is we are not choosing to trust in the Lord.     

David proclaims that "goodness and mercy" are the constant companion or reality for the one who trusting the Lord. When we fail to count our blessings, Orto see the "goodness and mercy" of God at work in our life, we are rejecting the person of God and all of His promises. When we grumble about life, see things in the negative, feel compelled to point out the disheartening, share depressing gossip, etc. we are declaring ''No Hope", all is lost, God has abandoned us. We are not saved by God's grace, mercy, and love to become pessimist like the world. We are not called to be optimist, blind to the desperateness of our situation. We are called to be God-imist, fully relying on and trusting in our Lord. "Goodness and mercy" follow us all the days of our life, because God is with us. Are you trusting in the Lord? Do you need to become· a better God-imist?