The Lord is my shepherd
Testimonies January 25th, 2008I had my spiritual awakening today. It was neat, funny, great and surprising all wrapped up in one.
I have to start from the beginning. My mother told me about my brother’s blessing yesterday. The Lord not only blessed him with a good job, but a good job with a great salary. The first thing I thought was that with the money he was making I could really use it to help support my family more.
So then I was thinking about the fast and how maybe I was doing something wrong because nothing happened. So I went to work today and began to speak with Cleo who is one of the guys I work with. He began to just talk to me about how God was dealing with him and how when you pray not only should you talk but listen as well. I always thought there was a format to praying and that it should be a long drawn out thing.
Man was I ever wrong!
Not only did I not know how to pray, but I didn’t know how to discern the voice of God either. I left work and on the way home I heard something say read Psalm 23:1. Me being me, I started saying why, for what, what does that say?
The whole ride home Psalm 23:1 was on my mind. So when I got home and read Psalm 23:1 which reads “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.” I thought, “that was so weird because that was the answer to my questions and the answer to my fasting.” Then I had to share the news with my mom.
I finally heard and obeyed the voice of God and it feels great. I just want to take in more and read more. I feel like my eyes have opened and I see a whole new world.
It’s a great feeling and it’s a feeling I pray I will have forever.
January 25th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Like a new baby, born with eyes bright and bursting with a zest for discovery and exploration into their new world, I feel you also have this now, with a renewed spirit that only God can bring; It is wonderful to hear your concern and love for your brother and your family too. The Psalms are beautiful
with David’s praise and singing the new song.
Your “feeling” will be more than a feeling…
It will be inside of you like a lamp unto your path, and a light beside your feet. His Word will remain in your heart. Do not let the
distractions of the world ever take that away.
He will Guide You and Never Forsake You.
Keep that great enthusiasm which of course actually comes from God.