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Psalm 23 (King James Version)
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yesterday, I shared with you on God being the abundance amplifier. How He does more than just provide our needs.

Today I want to speak upon the subject, He is.

I got up in the middle of the night to write this piece. The devil tried distracting me this morning from doing this piece. Around 4 am, he woke up a loved one who provoked me into an early morning argument.

Satan is always busy trying to stir up some strife of some kind. He is a liar. He ruffled my feathers a bit. Yes, he took a jab at me that caught my attention and I took bait. However, it is all about the Most High.

What the Psalmist David wrote in Psalm 23: 2, 3 are profound. It is very relevant to what just transpired with me a few minutes ago. It is of vital importance that we understand these verses on a deeper level than what you usually see on the surface of the scripture.

In order for this to happen, God has to give you a divine revelation by way of His Spirit. It is the Spirit of God, the master teacher, which leads you into all truth.

God is the Master Relaxer
Normally if you get me riled up early in the morning with nonsense, I will be ready to wild out all day. I have this warrior spirit about me. It equips me for battle when someone starts foolishness. I am speaking nothing but the truth.

As soon as I started flaring up scriptures began flying from my lips. I kept on shooting them off scriptures and the argument ceased.

I remember in my teenage years when I would get into fights people would say go and get his mother because she is the only one who can calm him down. I was a terror that people should have never gotten started.

Every time my mother would come to stop me from whipping someone’s butt, she would call my name and I would calm down. Stop me in my tracks.

This morning I felt like fighting but I felt the hand of God upon me calming me down. God is the master relaxer. I wanted to argue after being riled up but God laid His hand upon me and said peace be still.

He made me lie down and relax because He is the master relaxer. God did that faster than my mother does. When He cased me to lie down a peace that passes all understanding quenched my fiery flames of anger instantaneously.

God of Greener Pastures Who Refreshes Me with Living Water
When we go through life, we all set our minds on having and accomplishing certain things. Everyone is optimistic about something. Whether you are rich or poor, black or white, drug free or drug abuser, we all have high hopes for ourselves.

The rich person may think of ways to make more money or protect their money while the poor may dream of having more or making more money as well. The drug free person may reach for the stars to become a better person while the drug abuser is looking for a drug to make them high as the stars by experiencing euphoria.

There are many things that we want in life that we think are good for us. We look at the lawn across the street and say man there grass looks greener than mines. Some of us ready to run over there to experience our neighbor’s lawn for ourselves.

I think you have it twisted though.

You really need to read the fine print.

Green grass looks good, sounds good, and feels good. The world likes green grass.

Guess what?

Many of us are settling for green grass, satisfied with it and about it.

God promised you so much more.

God promised us green pastures. He has acres and acres of land for us to graze on to keep us well fed.

I told you that you have it twisted.

Now look at it from the Good Shepherd’s perspective and stop looking at it from man’s perspective. He wants to keep you refreshed with still living waters. I told you God is.

Soul Restorer & Righteous Way Maker
Throughout the course of life, we get weary sometimes. Dealing with difficult people, working jobs that leave us tired, and being bled dry by emotional vampires. Gatorade, PowerAde, and Vitamin Water can give you a sugar rush and replenish your electrolytes.

Only God can restore your soul.

When you are suffering from low self-esteem, when your are suffering from a broken heart, when you have been laid off or fired from your job, when you have been betrayed, when you are feeling depressed.

The Good Shepherd has the remedy. He can make you whole by restoring your weary soul. Oh, yes He can.

I am a living witness of what He can do for you. You see I turned my back on God at the age of 13. I renounced everything about Him and His teachings after my grandmother died. Anger took complete control over me the devil wooed me to his cause. I became a hell raiser tearing the streets up, selling drugs, fighting and all that.

God never gave up on me. He knew my heart. He knew I was hurting internally and He reached out His everlasting arm to save a chief sinner such as myself.

He told me you are not a thug but a child of the King.

He accepted me as I was.

God told me believe on me and I will change your life.

God washed me in the blood of the lamb and all my sins were washed away.

Now the record is clear today for He washed my sins away.

By His blood, I am redeemed and esteemed.

My soul is restored and I’m adored.

For He continuously leads me in all His ways.

I can declare from first hand experience that He is.