The Lord is my Shepherd

The Lord is my Shepherd

“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.”
                                                                                                                                Psalm 1:1,2 

Here is a simple truth all Christians should know. You are blessed if you truly know the Lord. If you meditate on His word.
There are a lot of things that come into our lives that try to rob us of our peace. It’s easy to feel resentment when tragedy enters our life. This however should not be. If we believe the Bible then we must remember Romans 8;28 that reads,
“And we know all things work together for good to those who love God to those who are called according to His purpose.”
                      Romans 8:28 (KJV).
We may not see anything good in the tragedy we are going through at the time but if you trust God, He will work things out.
Many years ago now while I was at work on the night shift, my wife woke up to see the ceiling of our house glowing red. She immediately got our two young children out of the house and called the fire department from a neighbours house.
At the time we lived outside of town in a rural area. By the time the fire department arrived our house and everything we owned was ashes. That happened on a Friday.
Praise God however by Saturday we were asking people not to give us anything else. We had been donated a complete set of livingroom furniture, beds, clothing, even pots, pans and dishes.
My brother in law even had an empty basement apartment a hundred kilometres nearer to where I worked that we could use. Which meant I could spend more time with my family.
We were blessed to find a good church which my children grew up in. Both as a result are now serving the Lord, something that may not have happened in the circumstances we were in.
The only thing we lost were some irreplaceable personal items pictures and such. However even the pictures were replaced in part thanks to family members.
This incident in our lives proved to us that the God we believed in did love and care for us.
We have gone through several other serious problems since then but God has always been with us. We have never doubted that.
I can say with the Psalmist,

"The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. 

He makes me lie down in green pastures, 

he leads me beside quiet waters, 

he restores my soul. 

He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. 

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 

I will fear no evil, for you are with me; 

your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. 

You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. 

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, 

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever." 

                                                                                                                  Psalm 23.
I am not rich materially  but I have never missed a meal. I have a small but adequate house to call my own. I have a loving caring family all of whom are serving the Lord.
And I have a loving caring God who is there for me in all situations. What more could I ask for.
I am a blessed man.
Question: Dear Christian do you love the Lord with all your heart and soul? Can you rejoice in God? Can you rejoice that Christ is your Saviour? Can you do all this through the good times and the bad times?
Please think about it.