James Best

The Lord is My Shepherd James Best

David in the Twenty-Third Psalm taught us that God is not some unknown God up in heaven sitting on His throne, but He is close, personal, and intimate. God did not introduce Himself to Moses as El Shaddai, the powerful God of the mountains, nor did He introduce Himself as Elohim, the mighty and majestic God of creation, but Yahweh the great "I am" He who will make things happen for you in the valley of your human failures, struggles, and adversities. God is not some unknown God up in heaven sitting on His throne, but He is close, personal, and intimate. He is the God who walks with us in our valley of need and makes things happen for us. He told Moses: "... I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows. And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians" God saw their circumstances, He heard their cries, and felt their sorrows. There is no problem so minute, so trivial and so insignificant that Christ does not see or hear our cries. He told Moses that He would come down and be with him. The promise that God made to Moses, Christ makes to us in our trying moments. If you have a problem that you can't solve, a burden you can't bear, a spouse you can't stand, a child you can't handle, a boss you can't forgive, take it to Jesus. If you have an addiction you can't break, a heart-ache you can't overcome, a mountain you can't climb, a sickness that the doctors can't heal, a dream crushed by adversity, hopes wiped out by disappointment, a pain that wont go away, a hunger that a steak just wont satisfy, take it to Jesus. Christ our good Shepherd promises: "My grace is enough; it's all you need. My strength comes into its own in your weakness" 2 Corinthians 12:9. "I can do everything through him who gives me strength". Philippians 4:13NIV "No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond