The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.

The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.

Jesus is the all providing Shepherd. He had already provisioned all things that we need in our lives. At the cross, He had borne all our sins so that we can be made righteous before God. He was striped, pierced, and burnt on our behalf so that we can have robust health. At the cross, He was stripped of all material possessions so that we are made rich in all things.

The bible also says that the Lamb was slain before the foundation of the earth. Jesus knew He was going to be the sacrificial Lamb on the cross, for cursed is anyone who is hanged by a tree. Christ was resurrected on the third day after His crucifixion. Together with Christ, Christians are also resurrected in the spirit. The resurrected life of Christ now dwells in every Christian.

The resurrected life of Christ gives us His shalom peace. It gives us joy in the Holy Spirit. Christian can rejoice for the good that Christ had done. Long before we face a challenge, Jesus had already implemented a way for us to be victorious. He will always make a way of escape in our trials for He had completely completed the work at the cross.

The word of Christ says that He will prepare a table for us in the battle field. During the olden days in the old testament, a blood covenant was cut between two persons. When one is in trouble, the other one will step in to rescue the one in trouble. When Jesus lays a table for a Christian in a battle field, He is telling the enemies to flee as He is the other covenant party in the blood covenant.

Jesus will always lead us to victory. He will never put a Christian, whose trust is in Him, to shame. He will never play a Christian out. He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He is the all providing Shepherd. In Him, I shall not lack. Hallelujah.

Blessings out of your wrong doings

When we do right, we usually have no issue believing God for blessings. However, we find it hard to believe God for His blessings when we do something wrong. This is not the God of the bible. Abba Father loves us regardless of our actions. Don't get me wrong here that we should just go about doing wrong things and not behaving the way we should. When we believe right, we will live right.

God's love for us is based on Jesus' finished work at the cross. His work is so completely complete that He had taken all the punishments for our sins. He had exchanged His righteous position for our sinful nature. At the cross, all our sins had been forgiven and the bible says that God shall remember our sins no more. This should give us the confidence to go to the throne of grace in time of need. The more of grace we see in Jesus, the more we will not want to sin.

There are many stories in the bible that tells us how God blesses a person even out of his or her wrong doings. For example, Abraham lied about his wife Sarah been his sister twice and yet God blessed Abraham with plenty of sheep and oxen and servants. Sarah commanded Abraham to sleep with her maid Haggai and a son was born. Years later, Isaac was born to Sarah and Abraham. Jacob lied to his father Isaac to obtain the firstborn blessing though he was the second son. God blessed Jacob with all things and even changed his name to Israel. Job was blessed doubled for all the troubles he went through. He was too proud to recognise his own sins in the first.

As beloved of the most high God, we can expect blessings from God out of our troubles even though they were our own doings. If we had lost money because of greed, God can still load us with his financial blessings. If we are suffering from some forms of illness because we had abused our bodies, God can and will heal us completely of that illness. If we had neglected our loved ones while we were young, God wants to mend that relationship.

God is a good God. We don't have to beg him for blessings for He had displayed His love for us at the cross so that we will lack nothing in our lives while on earth. He wants to bless us so much that we can be a blessing every where we go. Trust in His love for us. Believe in Jesus' finished work. Hallelujah.

God's lavish love

God is love. For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, to die for the world at the cross.

God loves us so much that mere words will never be enough to describe this marvelous love. The bible says God is love. He loves us more than we love ourselves. He is more than willing to come into our very dire situation to turn thing around for our good. He will continue to bless us inspite of our behaviour for it is Jesus' obedience that had completely satisfied God. He will bless us even if we were the ones that got ourselves into a pit.

In the story of the prodigal son, the father is constantly waiting for his second son to come home. The moment he saw his second son from afar, he immediately ran toward this son of his and hugged him and kissed him. Before the son can complete his rehearsed speech, the father commanded his servant to bring forth the best robe and put it on this son. He also commanded that a ring be put onto the son's finger and that sandals be put on the son's feets. He also commanded that a fatted calf be killed for the "homecoming" party.

The father didn't reprimand his second son for what he had done but was full of joy now that the son had come home. Our daddy God is also full of joy when a sinner is saved. The bible says that heaven rejoices over one sinner saved. Daddy God is always looking forward to the homecoming of sinners into His kingdom when they accept Jesus as Lord. Never doubt God's love in our lives for He is the same yesterday, today and forever. Hallelujah.

Hotspots

Many a times we will "faith" for a certain manifestation in certain area of our lives. Be it in the area of financial breakthrough. Or be it in the area of health. Or be it in the area of relationship.

However, the bible says that we are to have faith for one thing only: faith for righteousness. We are to believe by Jesus' finished work at the cross, we are made the righteousness of God in Christ. We can go to the throne of grace anytime when we want to. We can talk to Abba Father anytime of the day, for He loves to commune with us all day long.

The devil will take advantage of every situation to accuse us. For instance he will accuse us for spending too much time at the office and thereby neglecting our loved ones at home. He will accuse us for not taking good care of our health, if and when we fell sick. He will accuse us, if and when we fail to deliver our project on time. He will set fire under us everytime he has the opportunity to. He will try to deceive us of our right standing with God. He will try to convince us to focus on legit issues instead of focusing on God's provision.

Be steadfast in God's love. Be conscious of our right standing with Him. Believe that God has already given us His solution long before we experience any challenging situation. Trust in Jesus' finished work at the cross. Hallelujah.