Bible Discussion Thread

The words of God are powerful. Still on verse 4 of Psalm 23, ..."for thou art with me"...It takes a good and a grateful Christain who may be also referred to as a sheep as in this chapter to remember that from verse 1 of this chapter, the Lord has been his shepered. The Lord has been with him since the beginning of his life. Now, this is how it all began. The Lord is your leader, he took you to a better place, he led you to still water which is a peaceful place, he thought you his path of righteousness which is his ways. So, a greateful and an unforgetful christain is expected to know that eventhough when "he passes through the valley" of death, he should NEVER be afraid of such treath because the Lord is with him. How, the Lord wants to see whether you as a christain will be able to implement all his path of righteousness he has thought you or not. Once you do not allow fear in you and you embrace correction which is rod and you hold on to God's staff which is your faith, you have shown the Lord your shepered that you are growing as a result of how he has brought you up as a sheep.God expects every christain to overcome challenges. Things will always come to challenge what you have learnt from God and once you overcome it, you are due for promition. He will set a table before you in the presence of your enemeies. Remember that in the beginning He did not nuture you in the presence of your enemies. He prepared you to be able to withstand it. Once you cross this hurdle as in verse 4, you are due for promotion in the presence of your adversaries and they have no reason to fight you because you have overcome their temptations.
You may want to ask me why God was not there to help Adam and Eve to overcome Satanic temptation? "God will never do for any man what any man has to do for himself". He will always show to any man His goodness, kindness, his righteousness...but YOU need to prove to God that you are growing up as a result of God's sheperedhood over your life. Adam and Eve could not show God this and they remained babylike until they died. No table was prepared for them in the presence of Satan because they were not able to be demonstrate God's tutorings. I pray that the Lord gives you and I the ability through His Holy Spirit to overcome every challenge of life in order to make God promote us by preparing a table for us in the presence of all our emenies.
Amen in Jesus name.